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Patrick Pearse

1879 - 1916

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Patrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraig or Pádraic Pearse; Irish: Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais; 10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. Following his execution along with fifteen others, Pearse came to be seen by many as the embodiment of the rebellion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Pearse is the 2,694th most popular writer (down from 2,266th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Irish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Patrick Pearse ranks 2,694 out of 7,302. Before him are Yu Kil-chun, Anvari, Noor Inayat Khan, Jean Ray, Ennin, and Eugène Burnouf. After him are Sāyaṇa, Valentin Kataev, Sima Tan, Peter Bichsel, Varian Fry, and José María Arguedas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Patrick Pearse ranks 99. Before him are Gorazd, Jacob Gade, Vanessa Bell, Edwin Montagu, Adolf Wiklund, and Carlos Chagas. After him are Oskar Barnack, Clyde Cessna, Osman Aqçoqraqlı, Bernhard Kellermann, Adaviye Efendiyeva, and Yevgenia Bosch. Among people deceased in 1916, Patrick Pearse ranks 78. Before him are William Stanley Jr., Alice Ball, Huang Xing, Karl von Stürgkh, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser. After him are Cai E, Higaonna Kanryō, Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Adolph Frank, Hugo von Pohl, and Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Patrick Pearse ranks 127 out of 549. Before him are Ninette de Valois (1898), Cornelius Ryan (1920), William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737), John Millington Synge (1871), Roy Keane (1971), and Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751). After him are Aidan Gillen (1968), Constantine III of Scotland (971), George Allman (1812), Pat McDonald (1878), Edward Bransfield (1785), and Richard Montgomery (1738).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Patrick Pearse ranks 22. Before him are Oliver Goldsmith (1728), John Banville (1945), Christy Brown (1932), Charles Maturin (1780), Cornelius Ryan (1920), and John Millington Synge (1871). After him are Seán O'Casey (1880), Edna O'Brien (1930), Elizabeth Bowen (1899), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), Colm Tóibín (1955), and Richard Steele (1672).

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