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William Cowper

1731 - 1800

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William Cowper ( KOO-pər; 26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th-century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. In many ways, he was one of the forerunners of Romantic poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Cowper has received more than 976,011 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. William Cowper is the 3,296th most popular writer (down from 3,033rd in 2019), the 2,438th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,255th in 2019) and the 282nd most popular British Writer.

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  • 980k

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  • 50.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Cowper ranks 3,296 out of 5,755. Before him are Peter Cheyney, William Langland, Marcin Kromer, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, Luciano De Crescenzo, and Nancy Mitford. After him are Gunnar Staalesen, Milán Füst, Adam of Saint Victor, William Steig, Andrei Bitov, and Glückel of Hameln.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1731, William Cowper ranks 14. Before him are Christian Cannabich, William Aiton, Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Maria Fortunata d'Este, Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After him are Charles Lee, Gabriela Silang, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, Benjamin Banneker, Samuel Huntington, and Robert Treat Paine. Among people deceased in 1800, William Cowper ranks 22. Before him are François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, Jean-Étienne Championnet, Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, Joseph de Guignes, Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, and Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton. After him are Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Friedrich Gilly, Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, Michael Denis, and Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Cowper ranks 2,438 out of 7,765. Before him are Peter Cheyney (1896), William Langland (1332), L. S. Lowry (1887), Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), Nancy Mitford (1904), and Ronald Neame (1911). After him are Ceol of Wessex (600), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678), James Galway (1939), John Machin (1680), Paul Davies (1946), and Anabella Drummond (1350).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Cowper ranks 282. Before him are Rupert Brooke (1887), Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), Josephine Tey (1896), Peter Cheyney (1896), William Langland (1332), and Nancy Mitford (1904). After him are Alexander Neckam (1157), William Hope Hodgson (1877), Eleanor Hibbert (1906), Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925), Edith Durham (1863), and Robert Chambers (1802).

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