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Edmund Spenser

1552 - 1599

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Edmund Spenser (; c. 1552 – 13 January 1599 O.S.) was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse, and he is considered one of the great poets in the English language. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Spenser is the 1,041st most popular writer (up from 1,125th in 2019), the 962nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 851st in 2019) and the 105th most popular British Writer.

Edmund Spenser is most famous for his epic poem The Faerie Queene.

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Among writers, Edmund Spenser ranks 1,041 out of 7,302. Before him are Lafcadio Hearn, Thomas Malory, August von Kotzebue, John Malalas, Božena Němcová, and Charles De Coster. After him are Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Persius, Bertran de Born, Mary Higgins Clark, James Hadley Chase, and John Dryden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1552, Edmund Spenser ranks 10. Before him are Matteo Ricci, Vasili IV of Russia, Lavinia Fontana, Seonjo of Joseon, Hans von Aachen, and Jost Bürgi. After him are Petrus Plancius, Agrippa d'Aubigné, Henri, Prince of Condé, Pietro Cataldi, Dom Justo Takayama, and Paolo Sarpi. Among people deceased in 1599, Edmund Spenser ranks 3. Before him are Beatrice Cenci, and Gabrielle d'Estrées. After him are Luca Marenzio, Maeda Toshiie, Andrew Báthory, Cornelis de Houtman, Chōsokabe Motochika, Chand Bibi, Menocchio, Eknath, and Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Spenser ranks 962 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Arkwright (1732), William Holman Hunt (1827), Naomi Campbell (1970), Thomas Malory (1405), Francis Hutcheson (1694), and Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891). After him are Jessica Tandy (1909), Brenda Blethyn (1946), Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817), Robert FitzRoy (1805), John Ray (1627), and Leonora Carrington (1917).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edmund Spenser ranks 105. Before him are Philip Pullman (1946), George Gissing (1857), E. M. Forster (1879), Ann Radcliffe (1764), John Fowles (1926), and Thomas Malory (1405). After him are James Hadley Chase (1906), John Dryden (1631), Robert Graves (1895), Brian O'Nolan (1911), Leigh Hunt (1784), and James Thomson (1700).

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