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Edwin Arnold

1832 - 1904

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Sir Edwin Arnold (10 June 1832 – 24 March 1904) was an English poet and journalist. He is best known for his 1879 work, The Light of Asia. Born in Gravesend, Kent, Arnold's early education at King's School, Rochester, and later at King's College London and University College, Oxford, laid the groundwork for his career. Initially a schoolmaster and later the Principal of the Deccan College in India, Arnold's experiences abroad influenced his literary endeavors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin Arnold is the 3,165th most popular writer (up from 3,539th in 2019), the 2,582nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,539th in 2019) and the 285th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Edwin Arnold ranks 3,165 out of 7,302. Before him are Curt von Bardeleben, Juan Marsé, Malak Hifni Nasif, Péter Szondi, Lev Kopelev, and Alexandros Papadiamantis. After him are Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé, Ronald Harwood, Farag Foda, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, and Aemilius Macer.

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Among people born in 1832, Edwin Arnold ranks 49. Before him are Count Gustav Kálnoky, Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Jules Vallès, Julius von Sachs, Lucien Quélet, and Nikolai Zverev. After him are Charilaos Trikoupis, Theodor Gomperz, Arthur Hughes, Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Charles Boycott, and Turki bin Said. Among people deceased in 1904, Edwin Arnold ranks 61. Before him are George Frederic Watts, Charles Foster, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Korla Awgust Kocor, Samuel Smiles, and Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Émile Duclaux, Wilhelm His Sr., Alexander William Williamson, Sumner Paine, Leslie Stephen, and James Longstreet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edwin Arnold ranks 2,583 out of 8,785. Before him are John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), Mick Fleetwood (1947), Jonathan Wild (1683), Prince Maurice of Battenberg (1891), Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717), and Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (1210). After him are Leslie Johnson (1912), Anne-Marie (1991), Walter Legge (1906), Blaze Bayley (1963), Chris Squire (1948), and Bear Grylls (1974).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edwin Arnold ranks 285. Before him are Dodie Smith (1896), Jack Higgins (1929), Herbert Read (1893), Frederick Denison Maurice (1805), Joseph Delaney (1945), and William Congreve (1670). After him are William Langland (1332), Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), Lady Caroline Lamb (1785), Jackie Collins (1937), Edith Pargeter (1913), and Susanna Hall (1583).

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