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John Addington Symonds

1840 - 1893

John Addington Symonds

John Addington Symonds Jr. (; 5 October 1840 – 19 April 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies of writers and artists. Although married with children, Symonds supported male love, which he believed could include pederastic as well as egalitarian relationships, referring to it as l'amour de l'impossible (love of the impossible). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Addington Symonds is the 6,389th most popular writer (down from 6,153rd in 2019), the 5,648th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,099th in 2019) and the 632nd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, John Addington Symonds ranks 6,389 out of 7,302. Before him are Susan Hill, Damon Runyon, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Leslie Feinberg, Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, and James Branch Cabell. After him are Renata Viganò, Ksenia Sobchak, George B. Seitz, Glenn Greenwald, Michael McClure, and Alice Hoffman.

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Susan Hill
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 6,383
Damon Runyon
1880 - 1946
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 6,384
Helena Norberg-Hodge
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 6,385
Leslie Feinberg
1949 - 2014
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 6,386
Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi
1907 - 1966
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 6,387
James Branch Cabell
1879 - 1958
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 6,388
John Addington Symonds
1840 - 1893
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 6,389
Renata Viganò
1900 - 1976
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 6,390
Ksenia Sobchak
1981 - Present
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 6,391
George B. Seitz
1888 - 1944
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 6,392
Glenn Greenwald
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 6,393
Michael McClure
1932 - 2020
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 6,394
Alice Hoffman
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 6,395

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, John Addington Symonds ranks 96. Before him are Ghazaros Aghayan, Sophia Jex-Blake, Jakub Arbes, American Horse, Isabella Stewart Gardner, and John Stainer. Among people deceased in 1893, John Addington Symonds ranks 87. Before him are Edwin Booth, Edmund Kirby Smith, John Ballance, Aleksandra Potanina, Francis Parkman, and Fanny Kemble. After him are John Rae, and Benjamin Jowett.

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Ghazaros Aghayan
WRITER
1840 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 90
Sophia Jex-Blake
PHYSICIAN
1840 - 1912
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 91
Jakub Arbes
WRITER
1840 - 1914
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 92
American Horse
HISTORIAN
1840 - 1908
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 93
Isabella Stewart Gardner
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1840 - 1924
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 94
John Stainer
COMPOSER
1840 - 1901
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 95
John Addington Symonds
WRITER
1840 - 1893
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 96