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Thomas Weelkes

1576 - 1623

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Thomas Weelkes (baptised 25 October 1576 – 30 November 1623) was an English composer and organist. He became organist of Winchester College in 1598, moving to Chichester Cathedral. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Weelkes has received more than 138,483 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Weelkes is the 1,217th most popular composer (down from 1,090th in 2019), the 4,108th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,687th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular British Composer.

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  • 140k

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  • 44.30

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Thomas Weelkes ranks 1,217 out of 1,216Before him are Dobri Hristov, George Alexander Macfarren, Marco Beltrami, Detto Mariano, Mariano Mores, and Tibor Serly. After him are John Kander, H. C. Robbins Landon, Rachel Portman, Harry Warren, John Debney, and Junichi Masuda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1576, Thomas Weelkes ranks 11Before him are Francisco Herrera the Elder, Stefano Maderno, Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria, Jan Sarkander, Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Gregorio Fernández. After him are William Ames and John Marston. Among people deceased in 1623, Thomas Weelkes ranks 17Before him are Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Philippe de Mornay, Paolo Sarpi, Antonio Priuli, and William Camden.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Weelkes ranks 4,108 out of 7,765Before him are James Gibbs (1682), Robert Jameson (1774), Tony Christie (1943), Oliver Leese (1894), May Sutton (1886), and Susie Wolff (1982). After him are Rebecca Hall (1982), Patricia Medina (1919), Amos Burn (1848), Sam Heughan (1980), Robert Wight (1796), and Mark Owen (1972).

Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Weelkes ranks 72Before him are Henry Lawes (1595), Thomas Campion (1567), Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), Nicholas Hooper (1952), Granville Bantock (1868), and George Alexander Macfarren (1813). After him are Rachel Portman (1960), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875), Jocelyn Pook (1960), John Wilbye (1574), Peter Warlock (1894), and Hamilton Harty (1879).