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William Lawes

1602 - 1645

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William Lawes (April 1602 – 24 September 1645) was an English composer and musician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Lawes has received more than 118,219 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). William Lawes is the 1,120th most popular composer (down from 1,041st in 2019), the 3,338th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,028th in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, William Lawes ranks 1,120 out of 1,451. Before him are Nikolaos Mantzaros, Igor Krutoy, Ján Cikker, York Bowen, Wacław of Szamotuły, and Boris Papandopulo. After him are Jean Barraqué, Charles Avison, Morton Gould, Einar Englund, Michael Tippett, and Roger Sessions.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1602, William Lawes ranks 18. Before him are William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg, Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau, Evert van Aelst, and Kanō Tan'yū.  Among people deceased in 1645, William Lawes ranks 17. Before him are Anthony van Diemen, Eudoxia Streshneva, Mary Ward, Gaspar de Borja y Velasco, Sultan Agung of Mataram, and Mariana de Jesús de Paredes. After him is Emilia Lanier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Lawes ranks 3,338 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Gethin (1940), Grace Aguilar (1816), May Whitty (1865), Thomas Middleton (1580), Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer (1897), and Peter Bonetti (1941). After him are Henry Scott Tuke (1858), Richard de Bury (1287), Michael Wilding (1912), Capability Brown (1716), Francis Hauksbee (1660), and Aneka (1947).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, William Lawes ranks 46. Before him are Richard Addinsell (1904), Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), Christopher Hogwood (1941), Hubert Parry (1848), Patrick Doyle (1953), and York Bowen (1884). After him are Charles Avison (1709), Michael Tippett (1905), Henry Bishop (1786), Clint Mansell (1963), Thomas Morley (1557), and Adolph Deutsch (1897).

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