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Christopher Smart

1722 - 1771

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Christopher Smart (11 April 1722 – 20 May 1771) was an English poet. He was a major contributor to two popular magazines, The Midwife and The Student, and a friend to influential cultural icons like Samuel Johnson and Henry Fielding. Smart, a high church Anglican, was widely known throughout London. Smart was infamous as the pseudonymous midwife "Mrs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Smart is the 6,316th most popular writer (up from 6,865th in 2019), the 5,521st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,420th in 2019) and the 610th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Christopher Smart ranks 6,316 out of 7,302Before him are Sheila Jeffreys, Andrew Davies, Barbara Pym, Vikram Seth, Karin Alvtegen, and John Clellon Holmes. After him are Rosa María Britton, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Max Hastings, Thomas Lodge, Stephen Vincent Benét, and J. G. Farrell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1722, Christopher Smart ranks 25Before him are Petrus Camper, Nicolas Luckner, Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen, John Burgoyne, Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel, and Anna Louisa Karsch.  Among people deceased in 1771, Christopher Smart ranks 23Before him are Johann Gottlieb Graun, Konrad Ernst Ackermann, William Fermor, Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Jan Klemens Branicki, and Sydney Parkinson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Christopher Smart ranks 5,523 out of 8,785Before him are Charles James Napier (1782), Andrew Davies (1936), Barbara Pym (1913), Ellen MacArthur (1976), Fanny Kemble (1809), and Sam Ryder (1989). After him are Jonny Evans (1988), Toby Kebbell (1982), William Morgan (1547), Edmund Andros (1637), W. T. Tutte (1917), and Molly Peters (1942).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Christopher Smart ranks 610Before him are Polly Samson (1962), Brian Stableford (1948), Hammond Innes (1913), Sheila Jeffreys (1948), Andrew Davies (1936), and Barbara Pym (1913). After him are Max Hastings (1945), Thomas Lodge (1558), J. G. Farrell (1935), Philip Massinger (1583), China Miéville (1972), and Lascelles Abercrombie (1881).