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William Congreve

1670 - 1729

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William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright, satirist, poet and Whig politician. Considered by critics to be one of the preeminent dramatists of the Georgian era, he is credited with developing and popularizing the satirical comedy of manners genre during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and his works, which formed an important part of Restoration literature, were favorably viewed for their use of satire and comedy. Congreve is best remembered for his play, The Way of the World (1700), which is widely regarded by literary commentators to be one of the finest works in Restoration comedy literature. Congreve also wrote several other notable plays, including The Old Bachelor (1693), The Double Dealer (1693), Love for Love (1695), and The Mourning Bride (1697), which helped establish him as a great writer in the genre of comedy of manners. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Congreve has received more than 898,853 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). William Congreve is the 3,877th most popular writer (down from 2,510th in 2019), the 2,788th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,917th in 2019) and the 316th most popular British Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among writers, William Congreve ranks 3,877 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Teresa de Lauretis, Shushanik Kurghinian, Nikolay Novikov, Arthur Waley, and Maria Deraismes. After him are Laurens van der Post, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Karoline von Günderrode, Francis Davis Millet, Ömer Seyfettin, and Anne Hébert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1670, William Congreve ranks 22. Before him are Turlough O'Carolan, Olof Celsius, Banda Singh Bahadur, Julie d'Aubigny, Köprülüzade Numan Pasha, and Rajaram I. After him is Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1729, William Congreve ranks 17. Before him are Louis Antoine de Noailles, Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach, Torii Kiyonobu I, Samuel Clarke, Giacomo F. Maraldi, and Attilio Ariosti. After him are Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Richard Steele, Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Kanhoji Angre, Anthony Collins, and Jean Hardouin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Congreve ranks 2,788 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Braddock (1695), John Taylor (1933), Mother Shipton (1488), Mary Ure (1933), Laura Ashley (1925), and Arthur Waley (1889). After him are James Paget (1814), Chris Waddle (1960), Caroline Goodall (1959), John Hick (1922), Maurice Dobb (1900), and Alfred Deller (1912).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Congreve ranks 316. Before him are Francis Beaumont (1584), Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915), Minette Walters (1949), William Hazlitt (1778), and Arthur Waley (1889). After him are Christiane Amanpour (1958), Nevil Shute (1899), James Allen (1864), Joan Aiken (1924), John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647), and Alexander Neckam (1157).

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