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Thomas Campion

1567 - 1620

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Thomas Campion (sometimes spelled Campian; 12 February 1567 – 1 March 1620) was an English composer, poet, and physician. He was born in London, educated at Cambridge, and studied law in Gray's Inn. He wrote over a hundred lute songs, masques for dancing, and an authoritative technical treatise on music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Campion is the 1,239th most popular composer (up from 1,314th in 2019), the 4,204th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,691st in 2019) and the 68th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Thomas Campion ranks 1,239 out of 1,451. Before him are Sanja Ilić, Tofig Guliyev, Granville Bantock, Alfrēds Kalniņš, Boris Tishchenko, and Cecilia Seghizzi. After him are Milton Babbitt, Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Cachao, Hilding Rosenberg, Ivor Novello, and Emil Hartmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1567, Thomas Campion ranks 21. Before him are John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Arima Harunobu, Richard Burbage, François d'Aguilon, Christoph Demantius, and Thomas Nashe.  Among people deceased in 1620, Thomas Campion ranks 12. Before him are Stanisław Żółkiewski, Louise de Coligny, Carlo Saraceni, William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Jan Sarkander, and Archduchess Eleanor of Austria. After him is Firishta.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Campion ranks 4,205 out of 8,785. Before him are David Piper (1930), Antony Gormley (1950), Emma Thomas (1971), Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird (1847), Edward Bagnall Poulton (1856), and Peter Lorimer (1946). After him are Conleth Hill (1964), Alan Baddeley (1934), Aubrey de Grey (1963), Kris Marshall (1973), Nathaniel Clyne (1991), and Michael Hordern (1911).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Campion ranks 68. Before him are Charles Avison (1709), Fred Frith (1949), Thomas Linley the younger (1756), Adolph Deutsch (1897), Craig Armstrong (1959), and Granville Bantock (1868). After him are Ivor Novello (1893), George Alexander Macfarren (1813), Rachel Portman (1960), Gerald Finzi (1901), Peter Warlock (1894), and Maurice Greene (1696).

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