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Thomas Chatterton

1752 - 1770

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Thomas Chatterton (20 November 1752 – 24 August 1770) was an English poet whose precocious talents ended in suicide at age 17. He was an influence on Romantic artists of the period such as Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth and Coleridge. Although fatherless and raised in poverty, Chatterton was an exceptionally studious child, publishing mature work by the age of 11. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Chatterton has received more than 540,686 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Chatterton is the 1,289th most popular writer (down from 1,093rd in 2019), the 965th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 880th in 2019) and the 115th most popular British Writer.

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Chatterton ranks 1,289 out of 7,302. Before him are James Brendan Connolly, Josef Čapek, Herrad of Landsberg, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Judah Leon Abravanel, and Cratinus. After him are Poul Anderson, Alma Reville, Victor Serge, Jakob Wassermann, Alexander Radishchev, and Matthew Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1752, Thomas Chatterton ranks 10. Before him are Muzio Clementi, Adrien-Marie Legendre, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Karl Mack von Leiberich, Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, and Jacques Roux. After him are Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Nguyễn Huệ, Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, Infante Gabriel of Spain, Sébastien Érard, and John Nash. Among people deceased in 1770, Thomas Chatterton ranks 6. Before him are Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, François Boucher, Giuseppe Tartini, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, and Suzuki Harunobu. After him are Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Jean-Antoine Nollet, George Grenville, Martin van Meytens, and George Whitefield.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Chatterton ranks 965 out of 8,785. Before him are Albert Pierrepoint (1905), Shane MacGowan (1957), Terry Jones (1942), Alan Moore (1953), Joseph Chamberlain (1836), and Natasha Richardson (1963). After him are Thomas Lawrence (1769), Ida Noddack (1896), Alma Reville (1899), John Boyd Orr (1880), James Jeans (1877), and Matthew Lewis (1775).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Chatterton ranks 115. Before him are David Irving (1938), John Dryden (1631), Arthur Hailey (1920), Samuel Pepys (1633), Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), and Lobsang Rampa (1910). After him are Alma Reville (1899), Matthew Lewis (1775), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), Neil Gaiman (1960), Lee Child (1954), and Allan Pinkerton (1819).

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