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Emilia Lanier

1569 - 1645

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Emilia Lanier (née Aemilia Bassano; 1569–1645) was the first woman in England to assert herself as a professional poet, through her volume Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (Hail, God, King of the Jews, 1611). Attempts have been made to equate her with Shakespeare's "Dark Lady". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emilia Lanier is the 6,097th most popular writer (down from 5,466th in 2019), the 5,144th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,159th in 2019) and the 559th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Emilia Lanier ranks 6,097 out of 7,302. Before her are Frances Power Cobbe, Dora Marsden, Gerhard Roth, Stella Gibbons, Ben Okri, and Roderick Thorp. After her are Mina Loy, Robinson Jeffers, Su Tong, Terence Rattigan, Ralf König, and Kevin Kelly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1569, Emilia Lanier ranks 16. Before her are Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Heo Gyun, Antonio Marcello Barberini, Jan Piotr Sapieha, and Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl. After her is Geoffrey Keating. Among people deceased in 1645, Emilia Lanier ranks 18. Before her are Anthony van Diemen, Gaspar de Borja y Velasco, Eudoxia Streshneva, Sultan Agung of Mataram, Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, and William Lawes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Emilia Lanier ranks 5,146 out of 8,785. Before her are Harry Ricardo (1885), Prunella Scales (1932), Stella Gibbons (1902), Ron Greenwood (1921), Ian Raby (1921), and William Dod (1867). After her are Mina Loy (1882), Juliet Stevenson (1956), Terence Rattigan (1911), David Pegg (1935), Chris Anderson (1961), and Emile Heskey (1978).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Emilia Lanier ranks 559. Before her are Julian Symons (1912), Anthony Powell (1905), Mary Lamb (1764), Hugh Blair (1718), Dora Marsden (1882), and Stella Gibbons (1902). After her are Mina Loy (1882), Terence Rattigan (1911), Izaak Walton (1593), Pauline Baynes (1922), John Betjeman (1906), and Dorothy E. Smith (1926).

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