WRITER

James Thomson

1700 - 1748

James Thomson

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His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Thomson is the 1,090th most popular writer (up from 4,714th in 2019), the 1,006th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,401st in 2019) and the 111th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Thomson ranks 1,090 out of 7,302. Before him are Yakub Kolas, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Karl-Maria Kertbeny, Harriet Jacobs, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, and Ernst Barlach. After him are Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Alfred Kubin, Emil Ludwig, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Mimnermus, and Marguerite Porete.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Yakub Kolas
1882 - 1956
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 1,084
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1807 - 1882
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 1,085
Karl-Maria Kertbeny
1824 - 1882
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 1,086
Harriet Jacobs
1813 - 1897
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 1,087
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald
1803 - 1882
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 1,088
Ernst Barlach
1870 - 1938
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 1,089
James Thomson
1700 - 1748
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 1,090
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
1964 - 2020
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 1,091
Alfred Kubin
1877 - 1959
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 1,092
Emil Ludwig
1881 - 1948
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 1,093
Lucrezia Tornabuoni
1427 - 1482
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 1,094
Mimnermus
670 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 1,095
Marguerite Porete
1250 - 1310
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 1,096

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1700, James Thomson ranks 9. Before him are Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Baji Rao I, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, and Giovanni Battista Sammartini. After him are Johann Christoph Gottsched, Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, Ewald Georg von Kleist, Jean-Antoine Nollet, Clemens August of Bavaria, and Luigi Vanvitelli. Among people deceased in 1748, James Thomson ranks 4. Before him are Johann Bernoulli, Muhammad Shah, and Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I. After him are Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, Ewald Georg von Kleist, Johann Gottfried Walther, Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein, Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Ebrahim Afshar, William Kent, and Abul Khair Khan.

Others Born in 1700

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Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
POLITICIAN
1700 - 1739
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 3
Baji Rao I
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1700 - 1740
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 4
Nicolaus Zinzendorf
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1700 - 1760
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 5
Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
POLITICIAN
1700 - 1770
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 6
Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli
ARCHITECT
1700 - 1771
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 7
Giovanni Battista Sammartini
COMPOSER
1700 - 1775
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 8
James Thomson
WRITER
1700 - 1748
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 9
Johann Christoph Gottsched
PHILOSOPHER
1700 - 1766
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 10
Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans
POLITICIAN
1700 - 1761
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 11
Ewald Georg von Kleist
LAWYER
1700 - 1748
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 12
Jean-Antoine Nollet
PHYSICIST
1700 - 1770
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 13
Clemens August of Bavaria
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1700 - 1761
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 14
Luigi Vanvitelli
ARCHITECT
1700 - 1773
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 15

Others Deceased in 1748

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Johann Bernoulli
MATHEMATICIAN
1667 - 1748
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 1
Muhammad Shah
POLITICIAN
1702 - 1748
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 2
Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I
POLITICIAN
1671 - 1748
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 3
James Thomson
WRITER
1700 - 1748
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 4
Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg
POLITICIAN
1670 - 1748
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 5
Ewald Georg von Kleist
LAWYER
1700 - 1748
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 6
Johann Gottfried Walther
COMPOSER
1684 - 1748
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 7
Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein
POLITICIAN
1724 - 1748
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 8
Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
NOBLEMAN
1688 - 1748
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 9
Ebrahim Afshar
POLITICIAN
1717 - 1748
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 10
William Kent
ARCHITECT
1685 - 1748
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 11
Abul Khair Khan
POLITICIAN
1693 - 1748
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 12

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Thomson ranks 1,006 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward B. Titchener (1867), Julia Gillard (1961), Jony Ive (1967), Richard Wilson (1936), James Meade (1907), and Robert Hichens (1882). After him are Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881), Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (1517), Peter Shilton (1949), Tony Buzan (1942), Reginald Lee (1870), and Beorhtric of Wessex (800).

Others born in United Kingdom

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Edward B. Titchener
PSYCHOLOGIST
1867 - 1927
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 1,000
Julia Gillard
POLITICIAN
1961 - Present
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 1,001
Jony Ive
DESIGNER
1967 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 1,002
Richard Wilson
ACTOR
1936 - Present
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 1,003
James Meade
ECONOMIST
1907 - 1995
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 1,004
Robert Hichens
ATHLETE
1882 - 1940
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 1,005
James Thomson
WRITER
1700 - 1748
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 1,006
Alfred Radcliffe-Brown
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1881 - 1955
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 1,007
Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk
POLITICIAN
1517 - 1559
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 1,008
Peter Shilton
SOCCER PLAYER
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 1,009
Tony Buzan
WRITER
1942 - 2019
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 1,010
Reginald Lee
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1870 - 1913
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 1,011
Beorhtric of Wessex
POLITICIAN
800 - 802
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 1,012