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Matthew Lewis

1775 - 1818

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Matthew Gregory Lewis (9 July 1775 – 16 May 1818) was an English novelist and dramatist, whose writings are often classified as "Gothic horror". He was frequently referred to as "Monk" Lewis, because of the success of his 1796 Gothic novel The Monk. He also worked as a diplomat, politician and an estate owner in Jamaica. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matthew Lewis is the 702nd most popular writer (up from 1,294th in 2019), the 654th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 972nd in 2019) and the 69th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Matthew Lewis ranks 702 out of 7,302. Before him are Maurice Denis, Antonio Tabucchi, Tatian, Thomas Friedman, Eugène Sue, and Dietrich Eckart. After him are Stieg Larsson, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Georg Büchner, Multatuli, and Cassiodorus.

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Among people born in 1775, Matthew Lewis ranks 11. Before him are J. M. W. Turner, Ching Shih, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, Lucien Bonaparte, Eugène François Vidocq, and Carlota Joaquina of Spain. After him are François-Adrien Boieldieu, Étienne-Louis Malus, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, and Adam Albert von Neipperg. Among people deceased in 1818, Matthew Lewis ranks 6. Before him are Charles XIII of Sweden, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Gaspard Monge, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, and Jan Henryk Dąbrowski. After him are Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Maria Isabel of Braganza, Abigail Adams, and Heinrich Füger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Matthew Lewis ranks 654 out of 8,785. Before him are Edwin Landseer (1802), John Bonham (1948), Graham Hill (1929), John Dowland (1563), Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), and Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954). After him are Henry Fox Talbot (1800), Benny Hill (1924), Kate Winslet (1975), Patrick White (1912), George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), and Gustav Holst (1874).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Matthew Lewis ranks 69. Before him are Alexander Pope (1688), A. A. Milne (1882), Gerald Gardner (1884), Daphne du Maurier (1907), Walter Raleigh (1554), and Muriel Spark (1918). After him are Patrick White (1912), Robert Burton (1577), Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), John le Carré (1931), Edgar Wallace (1875), and Aubrey Beardsley (1872).

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