1785 - 1859
Thomas Penson De Quincey (; 15 August 1785 – 8 December 1859) was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, 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 648,591 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Thomas De Quincey is the 1,189th most popular writer (down from 1,130th in 2019), the 946th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 878th in 2019) and the 112th 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 1,189 out of 5,755. Before him are Arthur Hailey, Matteo Bandello, Tove Ditlevsen, Antarah ibn Shaddad, Kassia, and Edith Södergran. After him are Gottfried Keller, Henri Murger, Herrad of Landsberg, John Dickson Carr, Hélène Cixous, and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
1920 - 2004
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 1,183
1484 - 1561
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 1,184
1917 - 1976
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 1,185
525 - 615
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 1,186
810 - 865
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 1,187
1892 - 1923
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 1,188
1785 - 1859
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 1,189
1819 - 1890
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 1,190
1822 - 1861
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 1,191
1125 - 1195
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 1,192
1906 - 1977
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 1,193
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 1,194
1820 - 1891
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 1,195
Among people born in 1785, Thomas De Quincey ranks 10. Before him are Karl Drais, Alessandro Manzoni, Bettina von Arnim, Lin Zexu, Claude-Louis Navier, and Florestan I, Prince of Monaco. After him are John James Audubon, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Pierre Louis Dulong, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, and Hans Karl von Diebitsch. Among people deceased in 1859, Thomas De Quincey ranks 18. Before him are Louis Spohr, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Bettina von Arnim, Archduke John of Austria, John Brown, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel. After him are Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Alfred Vail, Nana Sahib, Karl Baedeker, Abd al-Rahman of Morocco, and John Austin.
1785 - 1851
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 4
1785 - 1873
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 5
1785 - 1859
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 6
1785 - 1850
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 7
1785 - 1836
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 8
1785 - 1856
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 9
1785 - 1859
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 10
1785 - 1851
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 11
1785 - 1831
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 12
1785 - 1851
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 13
1785 - 1838
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 14
1785 - 1845
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 15
1785 - 1831
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 16
1784 - 1859
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 12
1786 - 1859
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 13
1785 - 1859
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 14
1782 - 1859
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 15
1800 - 1859
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 16
1806 - 1859
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 17
1785 - 1859
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 18
1837 - 1859
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 19
1807 - 1859
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 20
1824 - 1859
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 21
1801 - 1859
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 22
1779 - 1859
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 23
1790 - 1859
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 24
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas De Quincey ranks 946 out of 7,765. Before him are Orlando Bloom (1977), Arthur Hailey (1920), Desmond Morris (1928), Susan Boyle (1961), Charles Scott Sherrington (1952), and Simon Cowell (1959). After him are Anne Hyde (1637), Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (1982), John Berger (1926), John Hawkwood (1320), Michael Palin (1943), and Ian McDiarmid (1944).
1977 - Present
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 940
1920 - 2004
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 941
1928 - Present
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 942
1961 - Present
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 943
1952 - 1952
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 944
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 945
1785 - 1859
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 946
1637 - 1671
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 947
1982 - Present
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 948
1926 - 2017
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 949
1320 - 1394
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 950
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 951
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 952
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas De Quincey ranks 112. Before him are Allan Pinkerton (1819), Thomas Chatterton (1752), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Lobsang Rampa (1910), Dylan Thomas (1914), and Arthur Hailey (1920). After him are John Berger (1926), James Anderson (1680), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), Winifred Wagner (1897), Samuel Butler (1612), and Neil Gaiman (1960).
1819 - 1884
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 106
1752 - 1770
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 107
1810 - 1865
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 108
1910 - 1981
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 109
1914 - 1953
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 110
1920 - 2004
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 111
1785 - 1859
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 112
1926 - 2017
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 113
1680 - 1739
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 114
1881 - 1975
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 115
1897 - 1980
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 116
1612 - 1680
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 117
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 118