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Andrew Marvell

1621 - 1678

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Andrew Marvell (; 31 March 1621 – 16 August 1678) was an English metaphysical poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1678. During the Commonwealth period he was a colleague and friend of John Milton. His poems range from the love-song "To His Coy Mistress", to evocations of an aristocratic country house and garden in "Upon Appleton House" and "The Garden", the political address "An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland", and the later personal and political satires "Flecknoe" and "The Character of Holland". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrew Marvell is the 3,934th most popular writer (up from 4,339th in 2019), the 3,111th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,104th in 2019) and the 350th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Andrew Marvell ranks 3,934 out of 7,302. Before him are Tadeusz Konwicki, Richard Hammond, Mary Seacole, Siamanto, Qul Ghali, and Jane Dieulafoy. After him are Anton Pann, Quim Monzó, Jan Gruter, Johann Beckmann, Henry Adams, and Johan Herman Wessel.

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Among people born in 1621, Andrew Marvell ranks 17. Before him are Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, Isaac van Ostade, Shi Lang, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, Jan Baptist Weenix, and Matthew Locke. After him are Bohuslav Balbín, John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, Wacław Potocki, and Henry Vaughan. Among people deceased in 1678, Andrew Marvell ranks 19. Before him are Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé, Caesar van Everdingen, Otto Marseus van Schrieck, and Christoph Bernhard von Galen. After him are Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena, and Willem Piso.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Andrew Marvell ranks 3,112 out of 8,785. Before him are Alan Cox (1968), Hermione Baddeley (1906), Lewis Capaldi (1996), Nicholas Hoult (1989), Ashley Cole (1980), and James Douglas, Lord of Douglas (1286). After him are Edmund Goulding (1891), Peter Pears (1910), Martin Parr (1952), Terence O'Neill (1914), Henry Raeburn (1756), and Israel Zangwill (1864).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Andrew Marvell ranks 350. Before him are Nancy Mitford (1904), Hilary Mantel (1952), Paul Johnson (1928), Graham Hancock (1950), Gertrude Jekyll (1843), and Richard Hammond (1969). After him are Israel Zangwill (1864), Christiane Amanpour (1958), W. S. Gilbert (1836), Nick Hornby (1957), Alexander Neckam (1157), and Edwin Atherstone (1788).

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