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Thomas Tomkins

1572 - 1656

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Thomas Tomkins (1572 – 9 June 1656) was a Welsh-born composer of the late Tudor and early Stuart period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Tomkins has received more than 90,831 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Tomkins is the 1,295th most popular composer (down from 1,177th in 2019), the 4,520th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,769th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 91k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Thomas Tomkins ranks 1,295 out of 1,451. Before him are John Kander, Näcip Cihanov, Walter Susskind, Vladimír Franz, Georg Friedrich Haas, and Sigmund Romberg. After him are Spike Jones, Cachao, Cemal Reşit Rey, Airat Ichmouratov, Howard Hanson, and George Fenton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1572, Thomas Tomkins ranks 16. Before him are Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Fakhr al-Din II, Marie Elisabeth of France, Susenyos I, and Thomas Dekker. After him is Bartholomew Gosnold. Among people deceased in 1656, Thomas Tomkins ranks 19. Before him are Massimo Stanzione, Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Carlo Contarini, Francesco Cornaro, Roberto de Nobili, and Georg Calixtus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Tomkins ranks 4,520 out of 8,785. Before him are Nigella Lawson (1960), Heather Harper (1930), John Francis Davis (1795), Jhumpa Lahiri (1967), Eddie Howe (1977), and Ewen Bremner (1972). After him are Gerry Ashmore (1936), Marilyn Strathern (1941), Brian Robertson (1956), Denis Lawson (1947), Dugald Stewart (1753), and John Eliot (1604).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Tomkins ranks 72. Before him are Samuel Arnold (1740), John Ireland (1879), Thomas Weelkes (1576), Gavin Bryars (1943), Monty Norman (1928), and William Sterndale Bennett (1816). After him are George Fenton (1950), David Arnold (1962), Jocelyn Pook (1960), Peter Warlock (1894), John Wilbye (1574), and Thomas Campion (1567).

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