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Henry Vaughan

1621 - 1695

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Henry Vaughan (17 April 1621 – 23 April 1695) was a Welsh metaphysical poet, author and translator writing in English, and a medical physician. His religious poetry appeared in Silex Scintillans in 1650, with a second part in 1655. In 1646 his Poems, with the Tenth Satire of Juvenal Englished was published. Meanwhile he had been persuaded by reading the religious poet George Herbert to renounce "idle verse". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Henry Vaughan is the 6,282nd most popular writer (up from 6,326th in 2024), the 5,451st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,433rd in 2019) and the 596th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Henry Vaughan ranks 6,283 out of 7,302. Before him are John Seigenthaler, Sarah Winnemucca, Stephen Glass, Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, Brené Brown, and Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi. After him are Margaret Oliphant, Charlotte Link, Ruskin Bond, Ian McDonald, and Charles Eastman.

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Among people born in 1621, Henry Vaughan ranks 22. Before him are Matthew Locke, Andrew Marvell, Bohuslav Balbín, John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, and Wacław Potocki.  Among people deceased in 1695, Henry Vaughan ranks 21. Before him are Pierre Nicole, Georg von Derfflinger, Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Christoph Arnold, Huang Zongxi, and Samuel Morland.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Vaughan ranks 5,455 out of 8,785. Before him are Andy Fairweather Low (1948), Andrea Riseborough (1981), Luke Goss (1968), Angela Cartwright (1952), Richard Eyre (1943), Bruce Robinson (1946), Richard Briers (1934), and Pete Quaife (1943). After him are Ray Cooper (1947), Flora Finch (1867), Margaret Oliphant (1828), and Ian McDonald (1960).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Henry Vaughan ranks 595. Before him are Sarah Trimmer (1741), Owen Barfield (1898), Dannie Abse (1923), William Roscoe (1753), and Margaret Drabble (1939). After him are Margaret Oliphant (1828), Ian McDonald (1960), Cressida Cowell (1966), David McKee (1935), Dorothy Richardson (1873), Kathleen Raine (1908), and Chris Claremont (1950).

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