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John Clare

1793 - 1864

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John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet. The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English countryside and his sorrows at its disruption. His work underwent major re-evaluation in the late 20th century; he is now often seen as a major 19th-century poet. His biographer Jonathan Bate called Clare "the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Clare is the 5,820th most popular writer (down from 5,429th in 2019), the 4,800th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,128th in 2019) and the 521st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, John Clare ranks 5,820 out of 7,302. Before him are Dafydd ap Gwilym, Gardner Dozois, Joe Orton, José Amador de los Ríos, Ma Jian, and Donald Richie. After him are Miquel-Lluís Muntané, Vjenceslav Novak, Markus Zusak, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Margaret Mahy, and Derrick Jensen.

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Among people born in 1793, John Clare ranks 52. Before him are William Hopkins, Jan Frans Willems, Antoni Malczewski, Erik Johan Stagnelius, Manuel Menéndez, and José Ignacio de Márquez. After him are Henry Charles Carey, Thomas Doughty, Eliphalet Remington, Felicia Hemans, Henry Schoolcraft, and Edward Bates. Among people deceased in 1864, John Clare ranks 68. Before him are Jacques Jasmin, José Justo Corro, Adelaide Anne Procter, Juris Alunāns, Alexander Vostokov, and William T. Anderson. After him are Robert Torrens, Benjamin Silliman, John Sedgwick, William Smith O'Brien, Leonidas Polk, and Henry Schoolcraft.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Clare ranks 4,801 out of 8,785. Before him are Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875), Sebastian Cabot (1918), Benjamin White (1997), Billy Bingham (1931), Alan Sugar (1947), and John Hopkinson (1849). After him are Jeffrey Tate (1943), Denis Lawson (1947), Jill Ellis (1966), Jonathan Penrose (1933), Eric Thompson (1919), and Aneurin Bevan (1897).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Clare ranks 521. Before him are Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884), Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696), Beryl Markham (1902), Charles Williams (1886), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), and Joe Orton (1933). After him are Arthur Symons (1865), Francis Chichester (1901), John Wain (1925), Mark Haddon (1962), Lady Charlotte Guest (1812), and James Hogg (1770).

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