WRITER

Matthew Henry

1662 - 1714

Photo of Matthew Henry

Icon of person Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry (18 October 1662 – 22 June 1714) was a British Nonconformist and Presbyterian minister and author who was born in Wales but spent much of his life in England. He is best known for the six-volume biblical commentary Exposition of the Old and New Testaments. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matthew Henry is the 5,358th most popular writer (down from 4,893rd in 2019). (down from 3,912th in 2019)

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Matthew Henry by language

Loading...

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Matthew Henry ranks 5,358 out of 7,302Before him are Park Yeon-mi, Elsa Joubert, Narcyza Żmichowska, Jan de Hartog, André Heller, and Erico Verissimo. After him are Ramsey Campbell, Aneirin, Wajdi Mouawad, Bo Goldman, Louis Guilloux, and Marceline Loridan-Ivens.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1662, Matthew Henry ranks 15Before him are William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Jan Frans van Bloemen, Baltacı Mehmet Pasha, Sebastiano Mocenigo, and Richard Bentley. After him is Balaji Vishwanath. Among people deceased in 1714, Matthew Henry ranks 17Before him are Marie Anne Mancini, Prince Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, Vasily Golitsyn, Gottfried Arnold, and Kaibara Ekken. After him is Edmund Andros.

Others Born in 1662

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1714

Go to all Rankings