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Thomas Kyd

1558 - 1594

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Thomas Kyd (baptised 6 November 1558; buried 15 August 1594) was an English playwright, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan drama. Although well known in his own time, Kyd fell into obscurity until 1773 when Thomas Hawkins, an early editor of The Spanish Tragedy, discovered that Thomas Heywood, in his Apologie for Actors (1612), attributed the play to Kyd. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Kyd has received more than 448,561 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Thomas Kyd is the 2,836th most popular writer (down from 1,984th in 2019), the 2,132nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,539th in 2019) and the 244th most popular British Writer.

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  • 52.15

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

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  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Kyd ranks 2,836 out of 5,755Before him are Johann Ernst Glück, Ephraim Chambers, James A. Michener, Asadi Tusi, Yuli Daniel, and Bernhard Grzimek. After him are Mihály Vörösmarty, Joan Brossa, Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dracontius, Valery Larbaud, and Stanko Vraz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1558, Thomas Kyd ranks 8Before him are Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria, Hendrik Goltzius, Ishikawa Goemon, Oda Nobutaka, Olivier van Noort, and François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti. After him are Robert Greene and Thomas Lodge. Among people deceased in 1594, Thomas Kyd ranks 10Before him are Orlande de Lassus, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Ishikawa Goemon, Martin Frobisher, Bálint Balassi, and Alonso de Ercilla. After him is Girolamo Mei.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Kyd ranks 2,132 out of 7,765Before him are Edwin Arnold (1832), George Arliss (1868), Hugh Despenser the younger (1287), Ephraim Chambers (1680), Joseph Whitworth (1803), and Stephen Dillane (1957). After him are John Vanbrugh (1664), Lottie Dod (1871), Maurice Evans (1901), John Bull (1562), Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1182), and William of Malmesbury (1080).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Kyd ranks 244Before him are David Gemmell (1948), Walter Pater (1839), Ouida (1839), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), Edwin Arnold (1832), and Ephraim Chambers (1680). After him are Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915), John Ford (1586), Robert Harris (1957), Peter James (1948), Richard Baxter (1615), and Marjorie Boulton (1924).