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Thomas Campion

1567 - 1620

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Thomas Campion (sometimes spelled Campian; 12 February 1567 – 1 March 1620) was an English composer, poet, and physician. He was born in London, educated at Cambridge, studied law in Gray's inn. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Campion has received more than 209,248 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Thomas Campion is the 1,205th most popular composer (down from 1,056th in 2019), the 4,024th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,365th in 2019) and the 67th most popular British Composer.

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  • 210k

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  • 44.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Thomas Campion ranks 1,205 out of 1,216Before him are Sergei Slonimsky, Sigmund Romberg, Spike Jones, Victor Herbert, Cláudio Santoro, and Necil Kazım Akses. After him are Leonel Power, James Scott, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Nicholas Hooper, Granville Bantock, and Dobri Hristov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1567, Thomas Campion ranks 18Before him are Honoré d'Urfé, Jacob van Heemskerck, Archduchess Margaret of Austria, John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Richard Burbage, and Thomas Nashe.  Among people deceased in 1620, Thomas Campion ranks 12Before him are Stanisław Żółkiewski, Louise de Coligny, Carlo Saraceni, Jan Sarkander, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, and William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Campion ranks 4,024 out of 7,765Before him are Mick Rock (1948), William Hopkins (1793), David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), Scott Speedman (1975), H. B. Warner (1876), and Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880). After him are Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764), Kenneth Clark (1903), Robert Newton (1905), Martin McGuinness (1950), Edward Alleyn (1566), and Ramón Zabalo (1910).

Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Campion ranks 67Before him are John Ireland (1879), Adolph Deutsch (1897), Thomas Tomkins (1572), Maurice Greene (1696), Samuel Arnold (1740), and Henry Lawes (1595). After him are Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), Nicholas Hooper (1952), Granville Bantock (1868), George Alexander Macfarren (1813), Thomas Weelkes (1576), and Rachel Portman (1960).