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Henry Home, Lord Kames

1696 - 1782

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Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696–27 December 1782) was a Scottish writer, philosopher and judge who played a major role in Scotland's Agricultural Revolution. A central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, he was a founding member of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh and active in The Select Society. Home acted as patron to some of the most influential thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment, including philosopher David Hume, economist Adam Smith, writer James Boswell, philosopher William Cullen and naturalist John Walker. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Home, Lord Kames is the 5,798th most popular writer (down from 5,361st in 2019), the 4,772nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,068th in 2019) and the 516th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Henry Home, Lord Kames ranks 5,798 out of 7,302. Before him are Elke Erb, Leigh Bardugo, Joe Sacco, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Roger Vercel, and Fred Saberhagen. After him are Beryl Markham, Gerrit Achterberg, Artur Adson, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, André Chamson, and Mehmet Emin Yurdakul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1696, Henry Home, Lord Kames ranks 19. Before him are Johann Melchior Molter, Marco Foscarini, Vakhushti of Kartli, Francesca Cuzzoni, Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen, and Maurice Greene.  Among people deceased in 1782, Henry Home, Lord Kames ranks 35. Before him are Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, Sadeq Khan Zand, José Cadalso, Elisabeth Christina von Linné, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark, and Martha Jefferson. After him is Joseph Pickford.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Home, Lord Kames ranks 4,773 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Thompson (1949), Eric Sykes (1923), Samuel Arnold (1740), John Opie (1761), Katherine Waterston (1980), and John Ogilvie (1579). After him are Beryl Markham (1902), Hannah Waddingham (1974), Mark Selby (1983), Steve Clark (1960), Andy White (1930), and Harold Whitlock (1903).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Henry Home, Lord Kames ranks 516. Before him are Humphrey Carpenter (1946), Roma Ryan (1950), Wilbert Awdry (1911), George Holyoake (1817), Alfred Domett (1811), and Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884). After him are Beryl Markham (1902), Charles Williams (1886), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), Joe Orton (1933), John Clare (1793), and Arthur Symons (1865).

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