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Thomas Gray

1716 - 1771

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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 864,230 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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  • 860k

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  • 54.64

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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Gray ranks 2,137 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1716, Thomas Gray ranks 8Before 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 10Before 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.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Gray ranks 1,655 out of 7,765Before 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).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Gray ranks 181Before 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).