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Gerard Manley Hopkins

1844 - 1889

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Gerard Manley Hopkins (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889) was an English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame places him among the leading English poets. His prosody – notably his concept of sprung rhythm – established him as an innovator, as did his praise of God through vivid use of imagery and nature. Only after his death did Robert Bridges publish a few of Hopkins's mature poems in anthologies, hoping to prepare for wider acceptance of his style. By 1930 Hopkins's work was seen as one of the most original literary advances of his century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerard Manley Hopkins is the 4,319th most popular writer (up from 4,478th in 2019), the 3,422nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,198th in 2019) and the 377th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Gerard Manley Hopkins ranks 4,319 out of 7,302. Before him are Camille Paglia, Colm Tóibín, Ana Maria Machado, Arno Holz, Zhang Jie, and Margita Figuli. After him are Zabel Sibil Asadour, James Blish, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Richard Powers, Emma Andijewska, and Anna Maria Lenngren.

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Among people born in 1844, Gerard Manley Hopkins ranks 81. Before him are Detlev von Liliencron, Jules de Burlet, Alois Riehl, Camille Lemonnier, Dimitrios Rallis, and Paul Taffanel. After him are Arturo Soria y Mata, Alexei Fedchenko, Mutsu Munemitsu, Klaus Berntsen, William Robert Brooks, and Vladan Đorđević. Among people deceased in 1889, Gerard Manley Hopkins ranks 70. Before him are Laura Bridgman, August Ahlqvist, Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov, Josip Filipović, Miles Joseph Berkeley, and Sergey Botkin. After him are Michele Amari, Ole Jacob Broch, Juan Montalvo, Dmitry Tolstoy, Francisco Antonino Vidal, and Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gerard Manley Hopkins ranks 3,423 out of 8,785. Before him are John Arbuthnot (1667), Vanessa Kirby (1988), David Almond (1951), George Larner (1875), John Moresby (1830), and Benjamin Robins (1707). After him are Laurie Cunningham (1956), Edward Hardwicke (1932), Charles Warren (1840), Æthelthryth (636), Walter Savage Landor (1775), and Flora Robson (1902).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Gerard Manley Hopkins ranks 377. Before him are Radclyffe Hall (1880), Philip Reeve (1966), Arthur Ransome (1884), Graham Swift (1949), Pamela Colman Smith (1878), and David Almond (1951). After him are Walter Savage Landor (1775), John Lyly (1554), I. A. Richards (1893), Robert Greene (1558), Minette Walters (1949), and Rosemary Sutcliff (1920).

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