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Thomas Campbell

1777 - 1844

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Thomas Campbell (27 July 1777 – 15 June 1844) was a Scottish poet. He was a founder and the first President of the Clarence Club and a co-founder of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland; he was also one of the initiators of a plan to found what became University College London. In 1799 he wrote Pleasures of Hope, a traditional 18th-century didactic poem in heroic couplets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Campbell has received more than 55,183 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Campbell is the 5,823rd most popular writer (down from 5,345th in 2019), the 4,586th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,334th in 2019) and the 518th most popular British Writer.

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  • 55k

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  • 44.79

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics, Macroeconomie, Textbooks
1989
The poetical works of Thomas Campbell
1800
Pioneer priests of North America, 1642-1710
Biography, Catholic Church, Clergy
1908
The poetry and history of Wyoming
History, Poetry
1841
The pleasures of hope
Songs
1799
The complete poetical works of Thomas Campbell
English literature, Collections, Poetry
1852

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Campbell ranks 5,823 out of 7,302. Before him are Vigdis Hjorth, Thomas Linacre, Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, Fatos Arapi, Miho Mosulishvili, and Ann Bannon. After him are Carol Shields, Bess Meredyth, Vasily Belov, Axel Merckx, Shaqe Çoba, and Léon Frapié.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1777, Thomas Campbell ranks 43. Before him are Louis Hersent, Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Antoine Risso, Carlos Anaya, William Martin Leake, and Roger B. Taney. After him are John George Children, and Felix Grundy. Among people deceased in 1844, Thomas Campbell ranks 41. Before him are Melchor Múzquiz, José Rondeau, Abel P. Upshur, Princess Sophia of Gloucester, Gaetano Savi, and Thomas Henderson. After him are Sándor Kisfaludy, Domingo Nieto, Charles Bulfinch, and Alexander Porter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Campbell ranks 4,586 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Linacre (1460), John Rae (1813), Geoffrey Crossley (1921), Richard Thomas Lowe (1802), Sean Dyche (1971), and Timothy West (1934). After him are Michael Caton-Jones (1957), George Fenton (1950), Alex Jennings (1957), Gerald Scarfe (1936), Delia Derbyshire (1937), and Brendan Coyle (1963).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Campbell ranks 518. Before him are Richard K. Morgan (1965), James Herbert (1943), Walter de la Mare (1873), John Masefield (1878), Simon Sebag Montefiore (1965), and Thomas Linacre (1460). After him are John of Worcester (1100), Arthur Symons (1865), Charles Mackay (1814), Malcolm Bradbury (1932), John Wain (1925), and David Garnett (1892).

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