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Horace Walpole

1717 - 1797

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Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (; 24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an English Whig politician, writer, historian and antiquarian. He had Strawberry Hill House built in Twickenham, southwest London, reviving the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors. His literary reputation rests on the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto (1764), and his Letters, which are of significant social and political interest. They have been published by Yale University Press in 48 volumes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Horace Walpole is the 892nd most popular politician (up from 6,786th in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,338th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Horace Walpole ranks 892 out of 19,576. Before him are Jadwiga of Poland, Ngo Dinh Diem, Charles IV of Spain, Yulia Tymoshenko, Karl Liebknecht, and Gallienus. After him are Vidkun Quisling, John A. Macdonald, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Robert II of France, Imad ad-Din Zengi, and Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1717, Horace Walpole ranks 5. Before him are Maria Theresa, Pope Pius VI, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, and Mustafa III. After him are Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Peter III of Portugal, Johann Stamitz, Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, Marie Anne de Mailly, and David Garrick. Among people deceased in 1797, Horace Walpole ranks 4. Before him are Frederick William II of Prussia, Baron Munchausen, and Mary Wollstonecraft. After him are Edmund Burke, François-Noël Babeuf, James Hutton, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Lazare Hoche, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and Vilna Gaon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Horace Walpole ranks 250 out of 8,785. Before him are Mary Wollstonecraft (1759), Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897), C. F. Powell (1903), Charlotte Rampling (1946), Henry III of England (1207), and Arthur Harden (1865). After him are John A. Macdonald (1815), Archer Martin (1910), Roger Moore (1927), Arthur C. Clarke (1917), James Hunt (1947), and John Snow (1813).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Horace Walpole ranks 61. Before him are Marie of Romania (1875), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935), Æthelstan (895), Clementine Churchill (1885), Boudica (33), and Henry III of England (1207). After him are John A. Macdonald (1815), Randal Cremer (1828), Æthelberht, King of Wessex (836), Robert the Bruce (1274), Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477), and Owain Glyndŵr (1359).

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