1716 - 1771
Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar, and fellow at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751. Gray was a self-critical writer who published only 13 poems in his lifetime, despite being very popular. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Gray has received more than 872,635 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Thomas Gray is the 2,137th most popular writer (up from 2,347th in 2019), the 1,655th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,778th in 2019) and the 181st most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Thomas Gray ranks 2,137 out of 5,755. Before him are Thorbjørn Egner, Vera Brittain, Giovanni Battista Guarini, Harold Bloom, Fredrika Bremer, and Khushal Khattak. After him are Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Aleksa Šantić, Suzanne Collins, Christina Rossetti, Eugène Marin Labiche, and Christopher Robin Milne.
1912 - 1990
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 2,131
1893 - 1970
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,132
1538 - 1612
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,133
1930 - 2019
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,134
1801 - 1865
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,135
1613 - 1689
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,136
1716 - 1771
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,137
1833 - 1904
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,138
1868 - 1924
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,139
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,140
1830 - 1894
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 2,141
1815 - 1888
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 2,142
1920 - 1996
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 2,143
Among people born in 1716, Thomas Gray ranks 8. Before him are Étienne Maurice Falconet, Yosa Buson, James Lind, Louise Diane d'Orléans, Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, and Joseph-Marie Vien. After him are Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, Antonio de Ulloa, Pehr Kalm, Yuan Mei, Giovanni Battista Beccaria, and Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton. Among people deceased in 1771, Thomas Gray ranks 10. Before him are Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Henri Pitot, Louis-Michel van Loo, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, and Alexei Razumovsky. After him are John Bevis, Tobias Smollett, František Brixi, Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Johann Gottlieb Graun, and Dmitry Laptev.
1716 - 1791
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 2
1716 - 1783
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 3
1716 - 1794
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 4
1716 - 1736
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 5
1716 - 1801
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 6
1716 - 1809
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 7
1716 - 1771
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 8
1716 - 1795
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 9
1716 - 1795
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 10
1716 - 1779
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 11
1716 - 1798
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 12
1716 - 1781
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 13
1716 - 1800
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 14
1700 - 1771
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 4
1682 - 1771
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 5
1695 - 1771
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 6
1707 - 1771
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 7
1704 - 1771
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 8
1709 - 1771
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 9
1716 - 1771
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 10
1695 - 1771
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 11
1721 - 1771
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 12
1732 - 1771
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 13
1700 - 1771
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 14
1703 - 1771
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 15
1701 - 1771
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 16
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Gray ranks 1,655 out of 7,765. Before him are Dunstan (909), Herbert James Draper (1863), Vera Brittain (1893), William Watson (1715), Arnold Toynbee (1852), and Sandford Fleming (1827). After him are Eric Campbell (1880), Harriet Martineau (1802), Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), Wendy Hiller (1912), Christina Rossetti (1830), and Christopher Robin Milne (1920).
909 - 988
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 1,649
1863 - 1920
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 1,650
1893 - 1970
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 1,651
1715 - 1787
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 1,652
1852 - 1883
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 1,653
1827 - 1915
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 1,654
1716 - 1771
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 1,655
1880 - 1917
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 1,656
1802 - 1876
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 1,657
1859 - 1947
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 1,658
1912 - 2003
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 1,659
1830 - 1894
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 1,660
1920 - 1996
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 1,661
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Gray ranks 181. Before him are Patrick O'Brian (1914), Dick Francis (1920), James Hilton (1900), David Lodge (1935), John Mandeville (1300), and Vera Brittain (1893). After him are Christina Rossetti (1830), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), Edward Young (1683), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Irvine Welsh (1957), and Matthew Arnold (1822).
1914 - 2000
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 175
1920 - 2010
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 176
1900 - 1954
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 177
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 178
1300 - 1372
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 179
1893 - 1970
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 180
1716 - 1771
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 181
1830 - 1894
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 182
1920 - 1996
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 183
1683 - 1765
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 184
1838 - 1926
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 185
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 186
1822 - 1888
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 187