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Robert Browning

1812 - 1889

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Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings and challenging vocabulary and syntax. His early long poems Pauline (1833) and Paracelsus (1835) were acclaimed, but his reputation dwindled for a time – his 1840 poem Sordello was seen as wilfully obscure – and took over a decade to recover, by which time he had moved from Shelleyan forms to a more personal style. In 1846, he married fellow poet Elizabeth Barrett and moved to Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Browning is the 1,385th most popular writer (down from 1,377th in 2019), the 1,252nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,049th in 2019) and the 131st most popular British Writer.

Robert Browning is most famous for his poem "Pippa Passes" and his collection of poems "Men and Women."

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Among writers, Robert Browning ranks 1,385 out of 7,302. Before him are Sławomir Mrożek, Jean Chapelain, Deepak Chopra, Arsen Kotsoyev, Jaan Kross, and James Patterson. After him are Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Péter Nádas, Erskine Caldwell, Clive Cussler, Béla Balázs, and Antoine-Henri Jomini.

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Among people born in 1812, Robert Browning ranks 19. Before him are Moses Hess, Sigismond Thalberg, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Ascanio Sobrero, Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, and Alfred Krupp. After him are Pertevniyal Sultan, Paul Abadie, Natalia Pushkina, Friedrich von Flotow, Edward Lear, and Ilija Garašanin. Among people deceased in 1889, Robert Browning ranks 23. Before him are Charles III, Prince of Monaco, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Maria Mitchell, Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Marie of Prussia, and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. After him are Giovanni Bottesini, Jules Dupré, Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, Gaston Planté, Şevkefza Kadın, and Adolf von Henselt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Browning ranks 1,252 out of 8,785. Before him are W. O. Bentley (1888), John Dunstaple (1390), John Haigh (1909), Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), James Stirling (1926), and Louisa Adams (1775). After him are Stephen Hales (1677), Ann Jones (1938), John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718), Leopold Stokowski (1882), Lady Byron (1792), and Denholm Elliott (1922).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Browning ranks 131. Before him are Arthur Hailey (1920), Dylan Thomas (1914), Lobsang Rampa (1910), Barbara Cartland (1901), Ken Robinson (1950), and David C. H. Austin (1926). After him are P. D. James (1920), E. L. James (1963), John Berger (1926), Allan Pinkerton (1819), Ruth Rendell (1930), and James Anderson (1680).

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