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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1772 - 1834

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( KOH-lə-rij; 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd. He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and "Kubla Khan", as well as the major prose work Biographia Literaria. His critical works were highly influential, especially in relation to William Shakespeare, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English-speaking cultures. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Taylor Coleridge is the 635th most popular writer (up from 672nd in 2019), the 582nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 514th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Writer.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge is most famous for his poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."

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Among writers, Samuel Taylor Coleridge ranks 635 out of 7,302. Before him are André Chénier, Kumārajīva, Gabriele Amorth, Kōbō Abe, Meera, and Samuel Johnson. After him are Aratus, A. J. Cronin, Allen Ginsberg, Hermann Broch, Mikael Agricola, and Hellanicus of Lesbos.

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Among people born in 1772, Samuel Taylor Coleridge ranks 9. Before him are Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, Friedrich Schlegel, Charles Fourier, William I of the Netherlands, Ram Mohan Roy, and Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. After him are Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, Nachman of Breslov, Tarrare, Charles Leclerc, and Marie Anne Lenormand. Among people deceased in 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge ranks 7. Before him are Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Robert Malthus, Pedro I of Brazil, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Joseph Marie Jacquard, and Sunjo of Joseon. After him are François-Adrien Boieldieu, Alois Senefelder, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Karl Ludwig Harding, Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and William Carey.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Taylor Coleridge ranks 582 out of 8,785. Before him are Christopher Wren (1632), John Turner (1929), James Bradley (1693), Domnall mac Ailpín (812), Richard Branson (1950), and Samuel Johnson (1709). After him are A. J. Cronin (1896), William Petty (1623), Joan of the Tower (1321), Edward the Confessor (1003), Jack Phillips (1887), and George Green (1793).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Samuel Taylor Coleridge ranks 61. Before him are Frederick Forsyth (1938), John Donne (1572), George Eliot (1819), Robert Burns (1759), Harold Pinter (1930), and Samuel Johnson (1709). After him are A. J. Cronin (1896), Alexander Pope (1688), A. A. Milne (1882), Gerald Gardner (1884), Daphne du Maurier (1907), and Walter Raleigh (1554).

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