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George Lillo

1691 - 1739

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George Lillo (3 February 1691 – 4 September 1739) was an English playwright and tragedian. He was also a jeweller in London. He produced his first stage work, Silvia, or The Country Burial, in 1730, and a year later his most famous play, The London Merchant. He wrote at least six more plays before his death in 1739, including The Christian Hero (1735), Fatal Curiosity (1737) and Marina (1738). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Lillo is the 5,565th most popular writer (up from 5,589th in 2019), the 4,491st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,293rd in 2019) and the 486th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, George Lillo ranks 5,565 out of 7,302. Before him are Michel Deguy, Fredric Wertham, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Irmtraud Morgner, Patrick Rothfuss, and Clara Reeve. After him are James C. Collins, Delfina Bunge, Norman Cousins, Warren Farrell, El-Registan, and Catharine Trotter Cockburn.

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Among people born in 1691, George Lillo ranks 12. Before him are Edward Cave, Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz, Mir Jafar, Francesco Feo, Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, and Alessandro Galilei.  Among people deceased in 1739, George Lillo ranks 12. Before him are James Anderson, Reinhard Keiser, Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, Cosmas Damian Asam, and Dick Turpin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Lillo ranks 4,492 out of 8,785. Before him are Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781), Kenneth Frampton (1930), Scott Brown (1985), Emily Davies (1830), Clara Reeve (1729), and Astley Cooper (1768). After him are William Primrose (1904), Frederick Grace (1884), Ronnie Lane (1946), Sarah Harding (1981), David Beaton (1494), and Lonnie Donegan (1931).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, George Lillo ranks 486. Before him are Joanne Harris (1964), William Tenn (1920), Val McDermid (1955), Steven Moffat (1961), George Chapman (1559), and Clara Reeve (1729). After him are Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1674), Robert Herrick (1591), Thomas Linacre (1460), William Martin Leake (1777), Sam Houser (1972), and Henry Lincoln (1930).

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