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Mark Akenside

1721 - 1770

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Mark Akenside (9 November 1721 – 23 June 1770) was an English poet and physician. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mark Akenside is the 6,475th most popular writer (up from 6,478th in 2019), the 5,834th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,723rd in 2019) and the 652nd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Mark Akenside ranks 6,475 out of 7,302Before him are George MacDonald Fraser, Thomas Hughes, Akif Pirinçci, Damon Lindelof, Colley Cibber, and Louis de Bernières. After him are Compton Mackenzie, George S. Kaufman, Michael Rosen, Ti-Grace Atkinson, Ayi Kwei Armah, and Saunders Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1721, Mark Akenside ranks 22Before him are Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Francesco Sabatini, Roger Sherman, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, William Robertson, and Benjamin Wilson. After him are Peyton Randolph, and William Collins. Among people deceased in 1770, Mark Akenside ranks 19Before him are Martin van Meytens, Carl Gustaf Tessin, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Francesco Araja, Charles Avison, and Christopher Middleton. After him is Crispus Attucks.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mark Akenside ranks 5,836 out of 8,785Before him are Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845), Martin Keown (1966), Louis Partridge (2003), Colley Cibber (1671), Jackie Lewis (1936), and Louis de Bernières (1954). After him are Dan McKenzie (1942), Gillian Sheen (1928), Zoella (1990), Compton Mackenzie (1883), Will Poulter (1993), and Harry Pollitt (1890).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Mark Akenside ranks 652Before him are John Arden (1930), Thomas Hood (1799), George MacDonald Fraser (1925), Thomas Hughes (1822), Colley Cibber (1671), and Louis de Bernières (1954). After him are Compton Mackenzie (1883), Michael Rosen (1946), Saunders Lewis (1893), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Walter Besant (1836), and Naomi Mitchison (1897).