1785 - 1859
Thomas Penson De Quincey (; 15 August 1785 – 8 December 1859) was an English essayist, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas De Quincey has received more than 442,929 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Thomas De Quincey is the 1,130th most popular writer (up from 1,161st in 2019), the 879th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 868th in 2019) and the 109th most popular British Writer.
Thomas de Quincey is most famous for his autobiographical essay "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater."
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Among writers, Thomas De Quincey ranks 1,130 out of 5,794. Before him are Sami Frashëri, John Dryden, Ephraim Kishon, Léon Bloy, Harry Harrison, and Shoko Asahara. After him are Laura Marx, Henri Michaux, P. G. Wodehouse, Allan Pinkerton, Rosalía de Castro, and Adalberon.
1850 - 1904
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 1,124
1631 - 1700
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 1,125
1924 - 2005
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 1,126
1846 - 1917
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 1,127
1925 - 2012
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 1,128
1955 - 2018
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 1,129
1785 - 1859
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 1,130
1845 - 1911
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 1,131
1899 - 1984
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 1,132
1881 - 1975
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 1,133
1819 - 1884
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 1,134
1837 - 1885
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 1,135
947 - 1030
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 1,136
Among people born in 1785, Thomas De Quincey ranks 10. Before him are Karl Drais, Alessandro Manzoni, Lin Zexu, Claude-Louis Navier, Bettina von Arnim, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. After him are Pierre Louis Dulong, Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, John James Audubon, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, and Diponegoro. Among people deceased in 1859, Thomas De Quincey ranks 16. Before him are Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Carl Ritter, Louis Spohr, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Bettina von Arnim, and Archduke John of Austria. After him are Isambard Kingdom Brunel, John Brown, Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, John Austin, Robert Stephenson, and Marceline Desbordes-Valmore.
1785 - 1851
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 4
1785 - 1873
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 5
1785 - 1850
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 6
1785 - 1836
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 7
1785 - 1859
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 8
1785 - 1831
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 9
1785 - 1859
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 10
1785 - 1838
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 11
1785 - 1851
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 12
1785 - 1851
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 13
1785 - 1845
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 14
1785 - 1856
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 15
1785 - 1855
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 16
1810 - 1859
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 10
1779 - 1859
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 11
1784 - 1859
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 12
1786 - 1859
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 13
1785 - 1859
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 14
1782 - 1859
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 15
1785 - 1859
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 16
1806 - 1859
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 17
1800 - 1859
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 18
1837 - 1859
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 19
1790 - 1859
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 20
1803 - 1859
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 21
1786 - 1859
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 22
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas De Quincey ranks 879 out of 6,924. Before him are Niels Kaj Jerne (1911), Frederick Fleet (1887), Bernard Hill (1944), Alan Watts (1915), John Dryden (1631), and Frederic Leighton (1830). After him are Orlando Bloom (1977), Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853), Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (1982), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), Allan Pinkerton (1819), and Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671).
1911 - 1994
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 873
1887 - 1965
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 874
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 875
1915 - 1973
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 876
1631 - 1700
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 877
1830 - 1896
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 878
1785 - 1859
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 879
1977 - Present
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 880
1853 - 1884
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 881
1982 - Present
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 882
1881 - 1975
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 883
1819 - 1884
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 884
1671 - 1713
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 885
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas De Quincey ranks 109. Before him are James Hadley Chase (1906), Arthur Hailey (1920), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Lobsang Rampa (1910), Dylan Thomas (1914), and John Dryden (1631). After him are P. G. Wodehouse (1881), Allan Pinkerton (1819), Robert Browning (1812), Ruth Rendell (1930), Samuel Butler (1612), and Hugh Lofting (1886).
1906 - 1985
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 103
1920 - 2004
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 104
1810 - 1865
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 105
1910 - 1981
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 106
1914 - 1953
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 107
1631 - 1700
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 108
1785 - 1859
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 109
1881 - 1975
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 110
1819 - 1884
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 111
1812 - 1889
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 112
1930 - 2015
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 113
1612 - 1680
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 114
1886 - 1947
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 115