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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Traherne has received more than 200,833 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Thomas Traherne is the 6,076th most popular writer (down from 5,257th in 2019), the 4,972nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,222nd in 2019) and the 555th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Poetical works
1906
The Poetical Works Of Thomas Traherne 1636-1674
1906
Centuries
Devotional literature, Devotional exercises
1960
Centuries of meditations
Devotional literature, Meditations
1908
Centuries of meditations
1927
Centuries
Devotional literature, Devotional exercises
1963

Page views of Thomas Trahernes by language

Over the past year Thomas Traherne has had the most page views in the with 25,786 views, followed by French (1,345), and Russian (1,034). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (178.23%), Javanese (53.88%), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (46.85%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Traherne ranks 6,076 out of 7,302. Before him are Peter Matthiessen, Kjell Ola Dahl, Jean Rouaud, Antonín Sova, Dmitry Bykov, and John Greenleaf Whittier. After him are Nedim Gürsel, Hammond Innes, Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Chris Claremont, Viivi Luik, and Lee Strobel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1636, Thomas Traherne ranks 18. Before him are Charles de La Fosse, Melchiorre Cafà, Edward Colston, Gregório de Matos, Jan Chryzostom Pasek, and Justine Siegemund.  Among people deceased in 1674, Thomas Traherne ranks 23. Before him are Johannes Lingelbach, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Pieter Boel, Kanō Tan'yū, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, and Robert Herrick.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Traherne ranks 4,972 out of 8,785. Before him are Nicky Butt (1975), Caroline Bliss (1961), John Aldridge (1958), Max Horton (1883), Anne Heywood (1931), and Gary McKinnon (1966). After him are George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784), Hammond Innes (1913), Mark Ronson (1975), Rupert Davies (1916), Rebecca Mader (1977), and Guy Fletcher (1960).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Traherne ranks 555. Before him are Izaak Walton (1593), Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884), Iolo Morganwg (1747), Malcolm Gladwell (1963), John Braine (1922), and Denise Levertov (1923). After him are Hammond Innes (1913), Chris Claremont (1950), Zadie Smith (1975), Margaret Drabble (1939), Coventry Patmore (1823), and Owen Barfield (1898).

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