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George Herbert

1593 - 1633

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George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was born in Wales into an artistic and wealthy family and largely raised in England. He received a good education that led to his admission to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1609. He went there with the intention of becoming a priest, but he became the University's Public Orator and attracted the attention of King James I. He sat in the Parliament of England in 1624 and briefly in 1625. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Herbert is the 2,736th most popular writer (up from 2,810th in 2019), the 2,271st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,089th in 2019) and the 253rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, George Herbert ranks 2,736 out of 7,302. Before him are Osman Aqçoqraqlı, Pauline von Metternich, José Giovanni, Branwell Brontë, Philippe de Mornay, and Isidora Sekulić. After him are Sholem Asch, Giraut de Bornelh, Arnošt Muka, Idris Bitlisi, J. B. Priestley, and Donald E. Westlake.

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Among people born in 1593, George Herbert ranks 13. Before him are Nicolaes Tulp, Matthäus Merian, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Balthasar van der Ast, Anthony van Diemen, and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Sultan Agung of Mataram, Jean de Brébeuf, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, and Izaak Walton. Among people deceased in 1633, George Herbert ranks 12. Before him are Cornelis Drebbel, Patriarch Filaret of Moscow, Catherine of Cleves, Lew Sapieha, Sigrid of Sweden, and Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues. After him are Archduchess Margaret of Austria, Juan Pablo Bonet, John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, and George Abbot.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Herbert ranks 2,271 out of 8,785. Before him are Wilfred Owen (1893), Erskine Childers (1870), Norman Lamont (1942), Nell Gwyn (1650), Branwell Brontë (1817), and Dixie Dean (1907). After him are Arthur Percival (1887), David Knopfler (1952), Robert Liston (1794), Jim Lea (1949), Marina Diamandis (1985), and Mary McAleese (1951).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, George Herbert ranks 253. Before him are John Wyndham (1903), David Ogilvy (1911), Anna Sewell (1820), Patrick O'Brian (1914), Wilfred Owen (1893), and Branwell Brontë (1817). After him are J. B. Priestley (1894), Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), Leonard Woolf (1880), Thomas Otway (1652), Taliesin (518), and Robert Kerr (1755).

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