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Ben Jonson

1572 - 1637

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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 18 August [O.S. 6 August] 1637) was an English playwright, poet and actor. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone, or The Fox (c. 1606), The Alchemist (1610) and Bartholomew Fair (1614) and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Jonson is the 784th most popular writer (up from 893rd in 2019), the 746th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 675th in 2019) and the 78th most popular British Writer.

Ben Jonson is most famous for his plays, such as "Every Man in His Humour" and "The Alchemist."

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Among writers, Ben Jonson ranks 784 out of 7,302. Before him are Anna Seghers, Ninon de l'Enclos, Valerius Maximus, Otto of Freising, Achim von Arnim, and N. F. S. Grundtvig. After him are Jerome K. Jerome, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Gnaeus Naevius, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Tao Yuanming, and Jan Potocki.

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Among people born in 1572, Ben Jonson ranks 4. Before him are Johann Bayer, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, and John Donne. After him are Sigismund Báthory, Jane Frances de Chantal, Susenyos I, Izumo no Okuni, Cornelis Drebbel, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, and Marie Elisabeth of France. Among people deceased in 1637, Ben Jonson ranks 3. Before him are Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy. After him are Lorenzo Ruiz, Christina of Lorraine, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Robert Fludd, Isaac Beeckman, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Péter Pázmány, and Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ben Jonson ranks 746 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Carlyle (1961), Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355), John Russell Hind (1823), C. P. Snow (1905), Alfonso de Portago (1928), and Hugh Despenser the younger (1287). After him are Jerome K. Jerome (1859), William Kidd (1645), Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768), Ray Stevenson (1964), Richard Griffiths (1947), and John Smith (1580).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ben Jonson ranks 78. Before him are Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), John le Carré (1931), Edgar Wallace (1875), Aubrey Beardsley (1872), William Beckford (1760), and Henry Fielding (1707). After him are Jerome K. Jerome (1859), Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310), John Bunyan (1628), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Julian Barnes (1946), and Douglas Adams (1952).

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