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Thomas Traherne

1636 - 1674

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Thomas Traherne (; 1636 or 1637 – c. 27 September 1674) was an English poet, Anglican cleric, theologian, and religious writer. The intense, scholarly spirituality in his writings has led to his being commemorated by some parts of the Anglican Communion on 10 October (the anniversary of his burial in 1674) or on 27 September. The work for which Traherne is best known today is the Centuries of Meditations, a collection of short paragraphs in which he reflects on Christian life and ministry, philosophy, happiness, desire and childhood. This was first published in 1908 after having been rediscovered in manuscript ten years earlier. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Thomas Traherne is the 6,199th most popular writer (down from 6,076th in 2024), the 5,305th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,972nd in 2019) and the 582nd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Thomas Traherne ranks 6,199 out of 7,302. Before him are Kari Hotakainen, Ali Sardar Jafri, Joyce Cary, Patricia A. McKillip, Beryl Bainbridge, and Alberto Dines. After him are Éva Janikovszky, Meindert DeJong, Ahmad NikTalab, Kerstin Gier, Pentti Haanpää, and Peter Orlovsky.

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Among people born in 1636, Thomas Traherne ranks 18. Before him are Libéral Bruant, Charles de La Fosse, Melchiorre Cafà, Justine Siegemund, Jan Chryzostom Pasek, and Gregório de Matos.  Among people deceased in 1674, Thomas Traherne ranks 23. Before him are Kanō Tan'yū, Pieter Boel, Hu Zhengyan, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, Karel Škréta, and Robert Herrick.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Traherne ranks 5,307 out of 8,785. Before him are Mark Lester (1958), Beryl Bainbridge (1932), Leeroy Thornhill (1968), Muriel Pavlow (1921), Eleanor Bron (1938), and Bunny Austin (1906). After him are Scott Speedman (1975), John Byrne (1950), Joseph Pickford (1736), Bukayo Saka (2001), Frederick Merriman (1873), and Aston Webb (1849).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Traherne ranks 582. Before him are Sidney Lee (1859), Hannah More (1745), Dorothy Wordsworth (1771), Susan Cooper (1935), Joyce Cary (1888), and Beryl Bainbridge (1932). After him are Julia Donaldson (1948), Nigella Lawson (1960), Christopher Fry (1907), Piers Anthony (1934), Howard Jacobson (1942), and Caroline Norton (1808).

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