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Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1828 - 1882

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Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti ( rə-ZET-ee; Italian: [rosˈsetti]), was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator, and member of the Rossetti family. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais. Rossetti inspired many contemporary artists and writers, such as Algernon Charles Swinburne, William Morris, and Edward Burne-Jones in particular. His work also influenced the European Symbolists and was a major precursor of the Aesthetic movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dante Gabriel Rossetti is the 505th most popular writer (down from 483rd in 2019), the 451st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 346th in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Writer.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a painter, illustrator, and poet. He was also one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His most famous painting is probably The Girlhood of Mary Virgin.

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Among writers, Dante Gabriel Rossetti ranks 505 out of 7,302. Before him are Natsume Sōseki, Władysław Reymont, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Saul Bellow, Lesya Ukrainka, and Paul Claudel. After him are Hector Malot, Edmondo De Amicis, Thomas Paine, Erich Kästner, Heinrich Mann, and Isaac Babel.

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Among people born in 1828, Dante Gabriel Rossetti ranks 10. Before him are Henry Dunant, Rani of Jhansi, Randal Cremer, Saigō Takamori, Charbel Makhlouf, and Hippolyte Taine. After him are Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Albert Marth, Ferdinand Cohn, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Albert of Saxony, and Louise of the Netherlands. Among people deceased in 1882, Dante Gabriel Rossetti ranks 8. Before him are Giuseppe Garibaldi, Friedrich Wöhler, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Arthur de Gobineau, Jesse James, and Theodor Schwann. After him are Francesco Hayez, Bruno Bauer, Léon Gambetta, Louis Blanc, Joseph Liouville, and John Nelson Darby.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Dante Gabriel Rossetti ranks 451 out of 8,785. Before him are Ian McShane (1942), Elizabeth Woodville (1437), Jacqueline Bisset (1944), Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (1982), Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751), and David Bradley (1942). After him are James Jeans (1877), Gregory Winter (1951), William Crookes (1832), Thomas Paine (1737), Hugh Grant (1960), and George Porter (1920).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dante Gabriel Rossetti ranks 46. Before him are Ian Fleming (1908), Philip Larkin (1922), Thomas De Quincey (1785), Samuel Butler (1835), Ken Follett (1949), and Arnold Bennett (1867). After him are Thomas Paine (1737), G. K. Chesterton (1874), J. M. Barrie (1860), Enid Blyton (1897), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), and Anthony Burgess (1917).

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