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William Davenant

1606 - 1668

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Sir William Davenant (baptised 3 March 1606 – 7 April 1668), also spelled D'Avenant, was an English poet and playwright. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Davenant has received more than 174,992 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). William Davenant is the 5,009th most popular writer (down from 4,266th in 2019), the 3,873rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,234th in 2019) and the 435th most popular British Writer.

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  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Davenant ranks 5,009 out of 5,755. Before him are Alfhild Agrell, Peter Englund, Joseph Roumanille, Eyvindr skáldaspillir, Robert Herrick, and Marilyn Ferguson. After him are Henri Béraud, Jakub Arbes, Ariel Durant, David S. Goyer, Ulrich Plenzdorf, and Louis L'Amour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1606, William Davenant ranks 17. Before him are Christoph Bernhard von Galen, Lorenzo Lippi, Frang Bardhi, Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons, Nicolò Sagredo, and Hermann Conring.  Among people deceased in 1668, William Davenant ranks 5. Before him are Philips Wouwerman, Jan Miense Molenaer, Nicolas Mignard, and Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony. After him is Vassili Poyarkov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Davenant ranks 3,873 out of 7,765. Before him are Steve Hogarth (1956), Celia Imrie (1952), Jonathan Sacks (1948), John Gray (1948), Agnes Arber (1879), and Robert Herrick (1591). After him are Anna Lee (1913), Heather Angel (1909), Calvin Harris (1984), Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761), Paul Nash (1889), and Archibald Sayce (1845).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Davenant ranks 435. Before him are Steven Moffat (1961), George Holyoake (1817), Clara Reeve (1729), Charles Montagu Doughty (1843), Mark Haddon (1962), and Robert Herrick (1591). After him are Graham Swift (1949), Paula Yates (1959), Jonathan Stroud (1970), Alan Ayckbourn (1939), James Hogg (1770), and Wilbert Awdry (1911).

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