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Richard Lovelace

1617 - 1658

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Richard Lovelace (, homophone of "loveless"; 9 December 1617 – 1657) was an English poet in the seventeenth century. He was a cavalier poet who fought on behalf of Charles I during the English Civil War. His best known works are "To Althea, from Prison", and "To Lucasta, Going to the Warres". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Lovelace is the 1,551st most popular writer (up from 6,529th in 2019), the 1,409th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,810th in 2019) and the 149th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Richard Lovelace ranks 1,551 out of 7,302. Before him are Sabino Arana, Manuel Puig, Hunter S. Thompson, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Samuel Pepys, and Auguste Maquet. After him are Augusto Roa Bastos, Chernorizets Hrabar, Heiner Müller, Hovhannes Tumanyan, Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, and Banine.

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Among people born in 1617, Richard Lovelace ranks 7. Before him are Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 5th Dalai Lama, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, Gerard ter Borch, Elias Ashmole, and Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg. After him are Emanuel de Witte, Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Leopoldo de' Medici, Adil Giray, Yun Hyu, and Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1658, Richard Lovelace ranks 4. Before him are Oliver Cromwell, Baltasar Gracián, and Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena. After him are Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Bertuccio Valier, and Lucy Walter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Lovelace ranks 1,409 out of 8,785. Before him are Samuel Pepys (1633), MF Doom (1971), Peter Burke (1937), Bill Shankly (1913), Liam Payne (1993), and George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784). After him are Jeremy Brett (1933), John Brunner (1934), Angus Deaton (1945), Alexander I of Scotland (1078), Zayn Malik (1993), and Alan Moore (1953).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Richard Lovelace ranks 149. Before him are Winifred Wagner (1897), Elizabeth Siddal (1829), Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), Kate Atkinson (1951), Seamus Heaney (1939), and Samuel Pepys (1633). After him are John Brunner (1934), Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), Neil Gaiman (1960), Thomas Chatterton (1752), Joseph Needham (1900), and Caroline Graham (1931).

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