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William Boyce

1711 - 1779

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William Boyce (baptised 11 September 1711 – 7 February 1779) was an English composer and organist. Like Beethoven later on, he became deaf but continued to compose. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Boyce has received more than 24,308 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). William Boyce is the 666th most popular composer (down from 616th in 2019), the 1,846th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,757th in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 24k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, William Boyce ranks 666 out of 1,451. Before him are Oskar Merikanto, Johann Friedrich Agricola, Jacob van Eyck, Johann Schobert, Johann Strauss III, and Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli. After him are Antoine François Marmontel, Antoine Forqueray, Antônio Carlos Gomes, Alex North, Otakar Ševčík, and Johann Joseph Abert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1711, William Boyce ranks 15. Before him are Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Ablai Khan, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg, and Jean-Joseph de Mondonville. After him are Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Thomas Wright, Princess Amelia of Great Britain, Shah Jahan III, and Carl Gustaf Pilo. Among people deceased in 1779, William Boyce ranks 12. Before him are Thomas Chippendale, Casimir Pulaski, John Kay, David Garrick, Tommaso Traetta, and Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf. After him are Louis de Jaucourt, Kosmas the Aetolian, Alessandro Albani, Pehr Kalm, Claude Bourgelat, and Abol-Fath Khan Zand.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Boyce ranks 1,846 out of 8,785. Before him are Jasper Tudor (1431), Ernest Jones (1879), John Ball (1338), James Braid (1795), Christine Keeler (1942), and Rick Wakeman (1949). After him are George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827), Louis Harold Gray (1905), Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831), Michael Apted (1941), Barbara West (1911), and Susannah York (1939).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, William Boyce ranks 25. Before him are Thomas Arne (1710), Albert Ketèlbey (1875), Pasquale Anfossi (1727), Malcolm Arnold (1921), Jeremiah Clarke (1674), and Orlando Gibbons (1583). After him are John Bull (1562), Arthur Sullivan (1842), Arnold Bax (1883), Frank Bridge (1879), John Taverner (1490), and Stanley Myers (1930).

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