WRITER

William Wycherley

1640 - 1716

William Wycherley

William Wycherley (April 1641 – 1 January 1716) was an English Army officer and playwright best known for writing the plays The Country Wife and The Plain Dealer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Wycherley has received more than 202,219 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). William Wycherley is the 6,560th most popular writer (down from 5,794th in 2019), the 5,874th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,133rd in 2019) and the 672nd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

200k
Page Views (PV)
40.12
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
18
Languages Editions (L)
1.84
Effective Languages (L*)
3.41
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Wycherley ranks 6,560 out of 7,302. Before him are John Burroughs, Guillermo Martínez, Nino Haratischwili, Ronald D. Moore, Woeser, and Joan Carreras i Goicoechea. After him are Stanley Kunitz, Cressida Cowell, Michael Pollan, Irving Finkel, Ali Sardar Jafri, and Mo Hayder.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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John Burroughs
1837 - 1921
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 6,554
Guillermo Martínez
1962 - Present
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 6,555
Nino Haratischwili
1983 - Present
HPI: 40.15
Rank: 6,556
Ronald D. Moore
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.14
Rank: 6,557
Woeser
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.14
Rank: 6,558
Joan Carreras i Goicoechea
1962 - Present
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 6,559
William Wycherley
1640 - 1716
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 6,560
Stanley Kunitz
1905 - 2006
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 6,561
Cressida Cowell
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.11
Rank: 6,562
Michael Pollan
1955 - Present
HPI: 40.11
Rank: 6,563
Irving Finkel
1951 - Present
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 6,564
Ali Sardar Jafri
1913 - 2000
HPI: 40.09
Rank: 6,565
Mo Hayder
1962 - 2021
HPI: 40.09
Rank: 6,566

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1640, William Wycherley ranks 25. Before him are Claude Fleury, Georg Mohr, Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, John Mayow, and Yohannes I. Among people deceased in 1716, William Wycherley ranks 16. Before him are Anthim the Iberian, Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, Charles de La Fosse, Banda Singh Bahadur, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, and Marfa Apraksina.

Others Born in 1640

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Claude Fleury
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1640 - 1723
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 19
Georg Mohr
MATHEMATICIAN
1640 - 1697
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 20
Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester
POLITICIAN
1640 - 1660
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 21
Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
NOBLEMAN
1640 - 1709
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 22
John Mayow
CHEMIST
1640 - 1679
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 23
Yohannes I
POLITICIAN
1640 - 1682
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 24
William Wycherley
WRITER
1640 - 1716
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 25