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Algernon Charles Swinburne

1837 - 1909

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Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He was a major contributor to the Pre-Raphaelite movement in poetry, along with Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris. His greatest works are the verse drama Atalanta in Calydon (1865), written in the form of an Ancient Greek tragedy, and his Pre-Raphaelite Poems and Ballads (1866). In his poetry, Swinburne rebelled against the Christian morality of the Victorian era, drawing from Classical, medieval, and Renaissance sources to explore taboo topics such as atheism in "Hymn to Proserpine," homosexuality in "Anactoria," and sado-masochism in "Dolores." While Swinburne's work attracted considerable scandal, it had many prominent Victorian defenders, including John Ruskin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Algernon Charles Swinburne is the 1,816th most popular writer (down from 1,658th in 2019), the 1,625th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,268th in 2019) and the 172nd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Algernon Charles Swinburne ranks 1,816 out of 7,302. Before him are Pierre Reverdy, Theodore I, Anna Leonowens, Ted Hughes, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, and Dmitry Merezhkovsky. After him are Álvaro Mutis, Petros Markaris, Alexander Grin, Ruan Ji, Oliver Goldsmith, and Peter Shaffer.

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Among people born in 1837, Algernon Charles Swinburne ranks 45. Before him are Georg Ebers, Nell Arthur, Henry Draper, Alexandre Guilmant, Carolus-Duran, and Théodore Dubois. After him are James Murray, Theodore Gill, Ernest Guiraud, Prince Albert of Prussia, Horace Parnell Tuttle, and Liu Yongfu. Among people deceased in 1909, Algernon Charles Swinburne ranks 29. Before him are Paul Gachet, Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, Oliver Otis Howard, Simon Newcomb, Princess Marie of Orléans, and Ludwig Gumplowicz. After him are Renée Vivien, Naftali Herz Imber, Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, George Meredith, Afonso Pena, and Caran d'Ache.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Algernon Charles Swinburne ranks 1,625 out of 8,785. Before him are Betty Boothroyd (1929), Alexander McDonnell (1798), Stephen Fry (1957), Marina Berti (1924), Iain Glen (1961), and Ted Hughes (1930). After him are Neville Marriner (1924), George Albert Smith (1864), Simon Stock (1164), Annie Chapman (1841), Mike Hailwood (1940), and William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Algernon Charles Swinburne ranks 172. Before him are Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), Edward Lear (1812), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Aphra Behn (1640), Colin Dexter (1930), and Ted Hughes (1930). After him are Peter Shaffer (1926), Anthony Trollope (1815), Lucinda Riley (1965), Walafrid Strabo (808), R. M. Ballantyne (1825), and John Christopher (1922).

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