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Alexander Pope

1688 - 1744

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Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An exponent of Augustan literature, Pope is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry including The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad, and An Essay on Criticism, and for his translations of Homer. Pope is often quoted in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, some of his verses having entered common parlance (e.g. "damning with faint praise" or "to err is human; to forgive, divine"). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Pope is the 651st most popular writer (down from 643rd in 2019), the 592nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 475th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular British Writer.

Alexander Pope is most famous for his satirical poems, such as "The Rape of the Lock" and "The Dunciad."

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Among writers, Alexander Pope ranks 651 out of 7,302. Before him are Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Laurence Sterne, Nestor the Chronicler, Klaus Mann, Eugenio Montale, and Jon Fosse. After him are Irène Némirovsky, Jacob L. Moreno, Vicente Aleixandre, Bruno Schulz, Karl Kraus, and Émile Verhaeren.

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Among people born in 1688, Alexander Pope ranks 7. Before him are Frederick William I of Prussia, Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, Nader Shah, Emanuel Swedenborg, Gyeongjong of Joseon, and Juraj Jánošík. After him are James Francis Edward Stuart, Giuseppe Castiglione, Maria Luisa of Savoy, Pierre de Marivaux, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and Joseph-Nicolas Delisle. Among people deceased in 1744, Alexander Pope ranks 4. Before him are Anders Celsius, Giambattista Vico, and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria. After him are Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Giuseppe Guarneri, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, André Campra, Leonardo Leo, Marie Anne de Mailly, John Theophilus Desaguliers, and Antiochus Kantemir.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Pope ranks 592 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward the Confessor (1003), Jack Phillips (1887), George Green (1793), Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), Margot Fonteyn (1919), and William Byrd (1543). After him are Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), Christopher Nolan (1970), Richard Williamson (1940), Gary Moore (1952), Richard Attenborough (1923), and David Lean (1908).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Alexander Pope ranks 63. Before him are George Eliot (1819), Robert Burns (1759), Harold Pinter (1930), Samuel Johnson (1709), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), and A. J. Cronin (1896). After him are A. A. Milne (1882), Gerald Gardner (1884), Daphne du Maurier (1907), Walter Raleigh (1554), Muriel Spark (1918), and Matthew Lewis (1775).

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