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Robert Burton

1577 - 1640

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Robert Burton (8 February 1577 – 25 January 1640) was an English author and fellow of Oxford University, known for his encyclopedic The Anatomy of Melancholy. Born in 1577 to a comfortably well-off family of the landed gentry, Burton attended two grammar schools and matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1593, age 15. Burton's education at Oxford was unusually lengthy, possibly drawn out by an affliction of melancholy, and saw an early transfer to Christ Church. Burton received an MA and BD, and by 1607 was qualified as a tutor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Burton is the 731st most popular writer (up from 2,965th in 2019), the 676th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,167th in 2019) and the 71st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Robert Burton ranks 731 out of 7,302. Before him are Tirso de Molina, Ed McBain, Columella, Theodore the Studite, Lucan, and Jerry Falwell. After him are Clemens Brentano, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Abai Qunanbaiuly, Judah Halevi, Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, and Aristarchus of Samothrace.

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Among people born in 1577, Robert Burton ranks 4. Before him are Peter Paul Rubens, Christian IV of Denmark, and Beatrice Cenci. After him are Scipione Borghese, François Leclerc du Tremblay, Paul Guldin, Dmitry Pozharsky, Cristofano Allori, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Nur Jahan, and Piet Pieterszoon Hein. Among people deceased in 1640, Robert Burton ranks 4. Before him are Peter Paul Rubens, Murad IV, and George William, Elector of Brandenburg. After him are Uriel da Costa, Francesca Caccini, Giuseppe Cesari, Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, Wilhelm Kettler, Jeanne de Lestonnac, Alessandro Salvio, and Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Burton ranks 676 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Bayes (1702), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), Chaim Herzog (1918), Hugh Laurie (1959), and Diana Rigg (1938). After him are David Hockney (1937), Peter D. Mitchell (1920), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767), Philip Miller (1691), Augustus Pugin (1812), and William Dampier (1651).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Burton ranks 71. Before him are Gerald Gardner (1884), Daphne du Maurier (1907), Walter Raleigh (1554), Muriel Spark (1918), Matthew Lewis (1775), and Patrick White (1912). After him are Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), John le Carré (1931), Edgar Wallace (1875), Aubrey Beardsley (1872), William Beckford (1760), and Henry Fielding (1707).

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