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Henry Fielding

1707 - 1754

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Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English writer and magistrate known for the use of humour and satire in his works. His 1749 comic novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling was a seminal work in the genre. Along with Samuel Richardson, Fielding is seen as the founder of the traditional English novel. He also played an important role in the history of law enforcement in the United Kingdom, using his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, London's first professional police force. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Fielding is the 775th most popular writer (up from 997th in 2019), the 737th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 764th in 2019) and the 77th most popular British Writer.

Henry Fielding is most famous for his novel Tom Jones, which follows the adventures of an orphan boy.

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Among writers, Henry Fielding ranks 775 out of 7,302. Before him are Pierre Boulle, Christoph Martin Wieland, Heliodorus of Emesa, Agathias, Aubrey Beardsley, and William Beckford. After him are H. L. Mencken, Arrigo Boito, Anna Seghers, Ninon de l'Enclos, Valerius Maximus, and Otto of Freising.

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Among people born in 1707, Henry Fielding ranks 5. Before him are Carl Linnaeus, Leonhard Euler, Carlo Goldoni, and Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. After him are Louis I of Spain, Frederick, Prince of Wales, Louis-Michel van Loo, Louis, Duke of Brittany, Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Moshe Chaim Luzzatto. Among people deceased in 1754, Henry Fielding ranks 5. Before him are Mahmud I, Abraham de Moivre, Christian Wolff, and Ludvig Holberg. After him are Maria Anna of Austria, Jacopo Riccati, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Henry Pelham, Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Safdar Jang, and Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Fielding ranks 737 out of 8,785. Before him are Herbert C. Brown (1912), Aubrey Beardsley (1872), Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), Robert II of Scotland (1316), William Beckford (1760), and Lionel Robbins (1898). After him are Erasmus Darwin (1731), Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550), Robert Carlyle (1961), Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355), John Russell Hind (1823), and C. P. Snow (1905).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Henry Fielding ranks 77. Before him are Robert Burton (1577), Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), John le Carré (1931), Edgar Wallace (1875), Aubrey Beardsley (1872), and William Beckford (1760). After him are Ben Jonson (1572), Jerome K. Jerome (1859), Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310), John Bunyan (1628), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), and Julian Barnes (1946).

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