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John Evelyn

1620 - 1706

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John Evelyn (31 October 1620 – 27 February 1706) was an English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier and minor government official, who is now best known as a diarist. He was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society. John Evelyn's diary, or memoir, spanned the period of his adult life from 1640, when he was a student, to 1706, the year he died. He did not write daily at all times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Evelyn is the 2,836th most popular writer (up from 3,417th in 2019), the 2,361st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,451st in 2019) and the 262nd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, John Evelyn ranks 2,836 out of 7,302. Before him are Marthe Bibesco, William L. Shirer, Xu Zhimo, Mihály Vörösmarty, Imre Madách, and Guiraut Riquier. After him are Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Lucia Berlin, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Harold Robbins, Idries Shah, and Charles Berlitz.

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Among people born in 1620, John Evelyn ranks 18. Before him are John Graunt, Isabella Leonarda, Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, Abraham van Beijeren, Masaniello, and François Bernier. After him are Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Marguerite Bourgeoys, William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker, Matthew Hopkins, and Robert Morison. Among people deceased in 1706, John Evelyn ranks 11. Before him are Georg Joseph Kamel, Arsenije III Čarnojević, Rahman Baba, Kimpa Vita, Andreas Werckmeister, and Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin, Ferdinand de Marsin, Tylman van Gameren, Godfried Schalcken, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, and Jeanne Dumée.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Evelyn ranks 2,361 out of 8,785. Before him are Marie Stopes (1880), Tim Rice (1944), Glen Johnson (1984), Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743), Stephen Rea (1946), and Francis Rossi (1949). After him are Reg Park (1928), Brian Bennett (1940), Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901), Dudley Moore (1935), Princess Eugenie of York (1990), and William T. Stearn (1911).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Evelyn ranks 262. Before him are Leonard Woolf (1880), Thomas Otway (1652), Taliesin (518), Robert Kerr (1755), John Webster (1578), and Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743). After him are Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810), Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), Angela Carter (1940), Michael Bond (1926), Vera Brittain (1893), and Richard Hughes (1900).

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