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Walter Raleigh

1554 - 1618

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Sir Walter Raleigh (; c. 1552 – 29 October 1618) was an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer. One of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era, he played a leading part in English colonisation of North America, suppressed rebellion in Ireland, helped defend England against the Spanish Armada and held political positions under Elizabeth I. Raleigh was born to a landed gentry family of Protestant faith in Devon, the son of Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne. He was the younger half-brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and a cousin of Sir Richard Grenville. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Raleigh has received more than 6,355,804 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Raleigh is the 660th most popular writer (down from 579th in 2019), the 529th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 433rd in 2019) and the 63rd most popular British Writer.

Walter Raleigh is most famous for his explorations and for founding the first English colony in North America.

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  • 64.21

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  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

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  • 5.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Walter Raleigh ranks 660 out of 5,755. Before him are Dimitrie Cantemir, Maya Angelou, Ismail Gaspirali, Alfred de Vigny, Sven Hassel, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. After him are Raymond Queneau, Kumārajīva, Patricia Highsmith, Giosuè Carducci, Nellie Bly, and Vuk Karadžić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1554, Walter Raleigh ranks 4. Before him are Pope Gregory XV, Sebastian of Portugal, and Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France. After him are Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Philip William, Prince of Orange, Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia, Philip Sidney, Bálint Balassi, Ernest of Bavaria, Bartolomeo Carducci, and Louis III, Duke of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1618, Walter Raleigh ranks 2. Before him is Giulio Caccini. After him are Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria, Anna of Tyrol, Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, Petrus Gonsalvus, Philip William, Prince of Orange, Marie of the Incarnation, Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara, Giovanni Bembo, John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and Powhatan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Walter Raleigh ranks 529 out of 7,765. Before him are Oliver Sacks (1933), Emma Thompson (1959), Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848), G. H. Hardy (1877), Diana Rigg (1938), and Desmond Llewelyn (1914). After him are Norman Haworth (1883), Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784), Richard Griffiths (1947), Raymond Cattell (1905), J. Bruce Ismay (1862), and James III of Scotland (1451).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Walter Raleigh ranks 63. Before him are Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), John Bunyan (1628), Daphne du Maurier (1907), Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), and Oliver Sacks (1933). After him are Thomas Hardy (1840), Tony Buzan (1942), Alexander Pope (1688), Frederick Forsyth (1938), David Irving (1938), and A. J. Cronin (1896).

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