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Thomas Shadwell

1642 - 1692

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Thomas Shadwell (c. 1642 – 19 November 1692) was an English poet and playwright who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1689. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Shadwell has received more than 159,659 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Shadwell is the 6,080th most popular writer, the 5,665th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 630th most popular British Writer.

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  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Shadwell ranks 6,080 out of 5,755. Before him are James T. Farrell, Maja Haderlap, Masha Gessen, Brannon Braga, Norman Lear, and Thomas MacDonagh. After him are Nina Bawden, Jenny Erpenbeck, Jennifer Egan, Scott Westerfeld, Ed Bradley, and William Monahan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1642, Thomas Shadwell ranks 17. Before him are Seki Takakazu, Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins, Abdul-Qādir Bedil, Zheng Jing, Anne Hilarion de Tourville, and Giovanni Maria Bononcini.  Among people deceased in 1692, Thomas Shadwell ranks 9. Before him are Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, Elias Ashmole, Giovanni Battista Vitali, Wang Fuzhi, Heinrich Bach, and Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Shadwell ranks 5,665 out of 7,765. Before him are Alan Hodgkinson (1936), Mimi Keene (1998), Button Gwinnett (1735), Kelly Osbourne (1984), Mark Lewis Jones (1964), and Duncan James (1978). After him are Miles Millar (1967), Nina Bawden (1925), Peter Reid (1956), Leon Brittan (1939), Anoushka Shankar (1981), and Shirley Williams (1930).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Shadwell ranks 630. Before him are Grant Morrison (1960), P. H. Newby (1918), Frederick Denison Maurice (1805), David Hare (1947), Louis de Bernières (1954), and Alfred Austin (1835). After him are Nina Bawden (1925), Clemence Dane (1888), Charles Stross (1964), Hugh MacDiarmid (1892), Carol Ann Duffy (1955), and Robert Bridges (1844).

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