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Matthew Arnold

1822 - 1888

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Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. He has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues. He was also an inspector of schools for thirty-five years, and supported the concept of state-regulated secondary education. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matthew Arnold is the 2,270th most popular writer (down from 2,200th in 2019), the 1,942nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,642nd in 2019) and the 215th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Matthew Arnold ranks 2,270 out of 7,302. Before him are Etel Adnan, Thomas Wyatt, Horacio Quiroga, Colin Wilson, Erin Hunter, and Janus Pannonius. After him are Edward FitzGerald, Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Bo Carpelan, Paul the Silentiary, Étienne Dolet, and Thomas Gray.

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Among people born in 1822, Matthew Arnold ranks 39. Before him are Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Fritz Müller, and Jacob Moleschott. After him are Karamchand Gandhi, Nikolay Danilevsky, Princess Januária of Brazil, Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz, Jules Antoine Lissajous, and Princess Augusta of Cambridge. Among people deceased in 1888, Matthew Arnold ranks 39. Before him are Dora d'Istria, George Robert Waterhouse, Catherine Eddowes, Josif Pančić, Vsevolod Garshin, and Joseph Dietzgen. After him are Gustave Boulanger, Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, Eunice Newton Foote, Jean-Delphin Alard, Eugène Marin Labiche, and Heinrich Anton de Bary.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Matthew Arnold ranks 1,942 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Filmer (1588), Samantha Fox (1966), Colin Wilson (1931), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Michael Scot (1175), and Ine of Wessex (700). After him are Edward FitzGerald (1809), Rick Astley (1966), William George Horner (1786), Bertram Ramsay (1883), Thomas Gray (1716), and John O. Westwood (1805).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Matthew Arnold ranks 215. Before him are Clive Barker (1952), Allen Carr (1934), William Caxton (1422), Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925), Thomas Wyatt (1503), and Colin Wilson (1931). After him are Edward FitzGerald (1809), Thomas Gray (1716), James Herbert Brennan (1940), Dick Francis (1920), Tobias Smollett (1721), and Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868).

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