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Thomas Wyatt

1503 - 1542

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Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503 – 11 October 1542) was a 16th-century English politician, ambassador, and lyric poet credited with introducing the sonnet to English literature. He was born at Allington Castle near Maidstone in Kent, though the family was originally from Yorkshire. His family adopted the Lancastrian side in the Wars of the Roses. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Wyatt has received more than 16,391 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Thomas Wyatt is the 1,757th most popular writer (up from 1,857th in 2019), the 1,387th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,453rd in 2019) and the 149th most popular British Writer.

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  • 16k

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  • 56.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Wyatt ranks 1,757 out of 5,755. Before him are Cesare Zavattini, E. Howard Hunt, Gregory Tsamblak, Tonino Guerra, José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, and Patricia Cornwell. After him are Raymond E. Feist, Marcel Schwob, Edmond Hamilton, Josep Pla, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, and Stanisław Wyspiański.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1503, Thomas Wyatt ranks 12. Before him are Christian III of Denmark, Henry II of Navarre, Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Robert Estienne. After him are Gerolama Orsini, Bartolomé Carranza, Giovanni della Casa, Augustin Hirschvogel, and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski. Among people deceased in 1542, Thomas Wyatt ranks 9. Before him are James V of Scotland, 2nd Dalai Lama, Hernando de Soto, Lapu-Lapu, Dosso Dossi, and Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford. After him are Sayyida al Hurra, Peter Henlein, Cristóvão da Gama, Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Diego de Almagro II, and Ludwig Senfl.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Wyatt ranks 1,387 out of 7,765. Before him are Martin Gore (1961), Anthony Blunt (1907), Herbert Pitman (1877), Beau Brummell (1778), John Wilkins (1614), and Charles Rolls (1877). After him are Ed Miliband (1969), Piers Courage (1942), Emily Watson (1967), Victor McLaglen (1886), George Cayley (1773), and Elizabeth Hurley (1965).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Wyatt ranks 149. Before him are Joseph Addison (1672), Alma Reville (1899), Arthur Machen (1863), Edward Lear (1812), Malcolm Lowry (1909), and Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837). After him are Peter Shaffer (1926), Aphra Behn (1640), Anne Perry (1938), Hugh Lofting (1886), William Caxton (1422), and Lady Caroline Lamb (1785).

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