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Hugh Blair

1718 - 1800

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Hugh Blair FRSE (7 April 1718 – 27 December 1800) was a Scottish minister of religion, author and rhetorician, considered one of the first great theorists of written discourse. As a minister of the Church of Scotland, and occupant of the Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Edinburgh, Blair's teachings had a great impact in both the spiritual and the secular realms. Best known for Sermons, a five volume endorsement of practical Christian morality, and Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, a prescriptive guide on composition, Blair was a valuable part of the Scottish Enlightenment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh Blair is the 6,078th most popular writer (down from 5,962nd in 2019), the 5,110th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,799th in 2019) and the 556th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Hugh Blair ranks 6,078 out of 7,302. Before him are Eldridge Cleaver, Anthony Powell, Mary Lamb, Antonín Sova, Manuel Rojas, and David Simon. After him are Waleed Al-Husseini, Sigitas Geda, Nalini Bala Devi, Mikhail Svetlov, Wallace Stegner, and Ralph Giordano.

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Among people born in 1718, Hugh Blair ranks 24. Before him are William Hunter, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Israel Putnam, John Roebuck, and Elizabeth Montagu. After him is Salabat Jung. Among people deceased in 1800, Hugh Blair ranks 38. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe, Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, Thomas Mifflin, Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, Elizabeth Montagu, and Jesse Ramsden. After him are William Blount, and Edward Rutledge.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Blair ranks 5,112 out of 8,785. Before him are R. J. Mitchell (1895), Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869), Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827), Bob Gerard (1914), John Owen (1827), and Mary Millar (1936). After him are Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1880), Ann Sidney (1944), Gertrude Lawrence (1898), Ted Morgan (1906), John James Shepherd (1884), and Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (1883).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Hugh Blair ranks 556. Before him are Ali Smith (1962), Darren Shan (1972), Frances Wright (1795), Julian Symons (1912), Anthony Powell (1905), and Mary Lamb (1764). After him are Dora Marsden (1882), Stella Gibbons (1902), Emilia Lanier (1569), Mina Loy (1882), Terence Rattigan (1911), and Izaak Walton (1593).

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