1760 - 1844
William Thomas Beckford (29 September 1760 – 2 May 1844) was an English novelist, art collector, patron of decorative art, critic, travel writer, plantation owner and for some time politician. He was reputed at one stage to be England's richest commoner. The son of William Beckford and Maria Hamilton, daughter of the Hon. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Beckford has received more than 11,944 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). William Beckford is the 2,226th most popular writer (down from 1,920th in 2019), the 1,702nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,444th in 2019) and the 197th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, William Beckford ranks 2,226 out of 5,794. Before him are Fritz Leiber, Ariwara no Narihira, Karel Hynek Mácha, Hendrik Conscience, Stefan Żeromski, and J.-H. Rosny aîné. After him are Albert Robida, Antimachus, Eugène Marin Labiche, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, Judith Kerr, and Isabella di Morra.
1910 - 1992
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 2,220
825 - 880
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 2,221
1810 - 1836
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 2,222
1812 - 1883
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 2,223
1864 - 1925
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 2,224
1856 - 1940
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,225
1760 - 1844
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,226
1848 - 1926
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,227
400 BC - 348 BC
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,228
1815 - 1888
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 2,229
1759 - 1839
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 2,230
1923 - 2019
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 2,231
1520 - 1546
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 2,232
Among people born in 1760, William Beckford ranks 16. Before him are Alexandre de Beauharnais, August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Johann Peter Hebel, and Aloysia Weber. After him are Jean-François Le Sueur, Georg Franz Hoffmann, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Akbar II, Olof Swartz, and Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen. Among people deceased in 1844, William Beckford ranks 19. Before him are Charles Nodier, Jernej Kopitar, Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily, Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, Henri Gatien Bertrand, and Princess Cecilia of Sweden. After him are Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon, Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Jacques Laffitte, Marie Harel, Francis Baily, and Yevgeny Baratynsky.
1760 - 1794
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 10
1760 - 1831
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 11
1760 - 1836
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 12
1760 - 1812
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 13
1760 - 1826
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 14
1760 - 1839
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 15
1760 - 1844
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 16
1760 - 1837
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 17
1760 - 1826
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 18
1760 - 1828
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 19
1760 - 1837
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 20
1760 - 1818
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 21
1760 - 1806
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 22
1780 - 1844
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 13
1780 - 1844
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 14
1804 - 1844
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 15
1825 - 1844
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 16
1773 - 1844
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 17
1807 - 1844
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 18
1760 - 1844
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 19
1765 - 1844
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 20
1757 - 1844
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 21
1767 - 1844
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 22
1761 - 1844
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 23
1774 - 1844
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 24
1800 - 1844
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 25
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Beckford ranks 1,702 out of 6,924. Before him are Stuart Lewis-Evans (1930), Karen Armstrong (1944), Phil Lynott (1949), Matthew Flinders (1774), Hugh Hudson (1936), and James Fox (1939). After him are George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608), Tom Hiddleston (1981), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Herbert James Draper (1863), Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737), and Paul Bettany (1971).
1930 - 1958
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 1,696
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 1,697
1949 - 1986
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 1,698
1774 - 1814
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 1,699
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 1,700
1939 - Present
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 1,701
1760 - 1844
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 1,702
1608 - 1670
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 1,703
1981 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 1,704
1965 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 1,705
1863 - 1920
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 1,706
1737 - 1813
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 1,707
1971 - Present
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 1,708
Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Beckford ranks 197. Before him are Taliesin (518), Kenneth Grahame (1859), George Whitefield (1714), Anna Sewell (1820), John Wyndham (1903), and Karen Armstrong (1944). After him are James Boswell (1740), Frederick Marryat (1792), Dick Francis (1920), David Gemmell (1948), Rebecca West (1892), and Nevil Shute (1899).
518 - 599
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 191
1859 - 1932
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 192
1714 - 1770
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 193
1820 - 1878
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 194
1903 - 1969
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 195
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 196
1760 - 1844
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 197
1740 - 1795
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 198
1792 - 1848
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 199
1920 - 2010
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 200
1948 - 2006
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 201
1892 - 1983
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 202
1899 - 1960
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 203