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Frederick Denison Maurice

1805 - 1872

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John Frederick Denison Maurice (29 August 1805 – 1 April 1872), commonly known as F. D. Maurice, was an English Anglican priest and theologian. He was a prolific author and one of the founders of Christian socialism. Since the Second World War, interest in Maurice has expanded. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Denison Maurice is the 3,114th most popular writer (up from 6,636th in 2019), the 2,548th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,007th in 2019) and the 282nd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Frederick Denison Maurice ranks 3,114 out of 7,302. Before him are Gregory Benford, Jurij Koch, Andrei Amalrik, Larry Niven, Gunnar Staalesen, and Herbert Read. After him are Ludovico di Varthema, Jim Rohn, Faltonia Betitia Proba, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Jonathan Franzen, and Marco Foscarini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Frederick Denison Maurice ranks 41. Before him are Mastoureh Ardalan, Louise Bertin, Prosper Guéranger, Wilhelm von Kaulbach, Gabriel Bibron, and John Lloyd Stephens. After him are Johann Friedrich Klotzsch, Malek Jahan Khanom, Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys, Johann Karl Rodbertus, Anton von Schmerling, and Johann von Lamont. Among people deceased in 1872, Frederick Denison Maurice ranks 42. Before him are Avram Iancu, Horace Greeley, Jacques Babinet, Kamehameha V, Carl Jaenisch, and Pavel Kiselyov. After him are Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Jean-Marie Duhamel, George Catlin, and Martin Ohm.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Denison Maurice ranks 2,549 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Peake the Elder (1551), Harold Jeffreys (1891), Bernie Taupin (1950), Herbert Read (1893), Susannah York (1939), and Rufus Sewell (1967). After him are Jenson Button (1980), Joseph Delaney (1945), Eric Porter (1928), Sharon Osbourne (1952), David Jack (1898), and Miriam Margolyes (1941).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Frederick Denison Maurice ranks 282. Before him are Walter Pater (1839), Josephine Tey (1896), Samuel Smiles (1812), Dodie Smith (1896), Jack Higgins (1929), and Herbert Read (1893). After him are Joseph Delaney (1945), William Congreve (1670), Edwin Arnold (1832), William Langland (1332), Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), and Lady Caroline Lamb (1785).

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