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Samuel Richardson

1689 - 1761

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Samuel Richardson (baptised 19 August 1689 – 4 July 1761) was an English writer and printer known for three epistolary novels: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (1748) and The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753). He printed almost 500 works, including journals and magazines, working periodically with the London bookseller Andrew Millar. Richardson had been apprenticed to a printer, whose daughter he eventually married. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Richardson has received more than 782,058 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Samuel Richardson is the 995th most popular writer (down from 901st in 2019), the 763rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 736th in 2019) and the 91st most popular British Writer.

Samuel Richardson is most famous for his novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, which was published in 1740. The novel is about a fifteen-year-old girl who is kidnapped and held captive by a wealthy man who wants to have sex with her. She resists him for two years, but eventually falls in love with him and they marry.

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  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.81

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  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Samuel Richardson ranks 995 out of 7,302. Before him are Aron Nimzowitsch, Assia Djebar, Pierre-Jean de Béranger, Waris Dirie, Corinna, and John Fowles. After him are William Styron, Mimnermus, Henry Fielding, Jean Webster, Nicolas Chamfort, and Edith Wharton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1689, Samuel Richardson ranks 3. Before him are Montesquieu, and John V of Portugal. After him are Jacques I, Prince of Monaco, Samuel Bellamy, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, Zahir al-Umar, Blas de Lezo, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, and Alexis Piron. Among people deceased in 1761, Samuel Richardson ranks 4. Before him are Thomas Bayes, Pieter van Musschenbroek, and Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria. After him are Stephen Hales, Tarabai, Tokugawa Ieshige, Thomas Simpson, Clemens August of Bavaria, Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, John Dollond, and Francesco Feo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Richardson ranks 763 out of 8,785. Before him are James Hadley Chase (1906), James Lovelock (1919), Amy Winehouse (1983), Bernard Hill (1944), Margaret of York (1446), and John Fowles (1926). After him are Henry Fielding (1707), William Adelin (1103), Charles Scott Sherrington (1952), John E. Walker (1941), Judith of Flanders (844), and Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (1473).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Samuel Richardson ranks 91. Before him are Ann Radcliffe (1764), Patrick White (1912), Percy Fawcett (1867), H. Rider Haggard (1856), James Hadley Chase (1906), and John Fowles (1926). After him are Henry Fielding (1707), Thomas De Quincey (1785), P. D. James (1920), Thomas Malory (1405), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), and Diana Wynne Jones (1934).

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