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Robert Southey

1774 - 1843

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Robert Southey (; 12 August 1774 – 21 March 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, and Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death. Like the other Lake Poets, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey began as a radical but became steadily more conservative as he gained respect for Britain and its institutions. Other romantics such as Byron accused him of siding with the establishment for money and status. He is remembered especially for the poem "After Blenheim" and the original version of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Southey is the 1,981st most popular writer (down from 1,963rd in 2019), the 1,752nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,501st in 2019) and the 190th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Robert Southey ranks 1,981 out of 7,302. Before him are Christy Brown, Jean Bruller, Watchman Nee, Mina Witkojc, Eiji Tsuburaya, and Savitri Devi. After him are Erinna, George Meredith, Augustin Barruel, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, and Philemon.

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Among people born in 1774, Robert Southey ranks 20. Before him are Christian Leopold von Buch, Charles Bell, Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, André Marie Constant Duméril, and Matthew Flinders. After him are Francis Baily, Lord William Bentinck, Václav Tomášek, Pierre Rode, Karl Mollweide, and Marie-Denise Villers. Among people deceased in 1843, Robert Southey ranks 13. Before him are Joseph Lanner, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Theodoros Kolokotronis, John Armstrong Jr., Marie Anne Lenormand, and Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex. After him are Peter Wittgenstein, Sequoyah, Charles Macintosh, Alexis Bouvard, Casimir Delavigne, and Miguel Ricardo de Álava.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Southey ranks 1,752 out of 8,785. Before him are Neil Tennant (1954), Colin Davis (1927), Paul Scholes (1974), Ken Russell (1927), Elsa Lanchester (1902), and Michael Ventris (1922). After him are Elizabeth Hurley (1965), George Meredith (1828), P. F. Strawson (1919), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), Vidal Sassoon (1928), and Jeffrey Archer (1940).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Southey ranks 190. Before him are A. S. Byatt (1936), Mary Norton (1903), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), James Murray (1837), Thomas Kyd (1558), and James Herriot (1916). After him are George Meredith (1828), Robert Chambers (1802), Philip Sidney (1554), Anne Perry (1938), George MacDonald (1824), and Frederick Marryat (1792).

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