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Thomas Chatterton

1752 - 1770

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Thomas Chatterton (20 November 1752 – 24 August 1770) was an English poet whose precocious talents ended in suicide at age 17. He was an influence on Romantic artists of the period such as Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth and Coleridge. Although fatherless and raised in poverty, Chatterton was an exceptionally studious child, publishing mature work by the age of 11. He was able to pass off his work as that of an imaginary 15th-century poet called Thomas Rowley, chiefly because few people at the time were familiar with medieval poetry, though he was denounced by Horace Walpole. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Chatterton is the 1,578th most popular writer (down from 1,288th in 2019), the 1,441st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 966th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Thomas Chatterton ranks 1,578 out of 7,302. Before him are Usama ibn Munqidh, Martin Opitz, Stig Dagerman, Remy de Gourmont, Neil Gaiman, and Elisabeth of Schönau. After him are Ueda Akinari, Antipater of Sidon, Jørgen Moe, Jules Romains, John of Kronstadt, and Diagoras of Melos.

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Among people born in 1752, Thomas Chatterton ranks 11. Before him are Adrien-Marie Legendre, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Karl Mack von Leiberich, Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, and Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. After him are Jacques Roux, Infante Gabriel of Spain, Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Nguyễn Huệ, and John Nash. Among people deceased in 1770, Thomas Chatterton ranks 8. Before him are François Boucher, Giuseppe Tartini, Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Suzuki Harunobu, and Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo. After him are George Grenville, Jean-Antoine Nollet, George Whitefield, James Stirling, Martin van Meytens, and Carl Gustaf Tessin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Chatterton ranks 1,441 out of 8,785. Before him are John Kay (1704), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734), Neil Gaiman (1960), Robert Stirling (1790), Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1942), and Duncan Haldane (1951). After him are John Austin (1790), Dusty Springfield (1939), Joseph Needham (1900), John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860), Caroline Graham (1931), and Mary Berry (1935).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Chatterton ranks 153. Before him are Seamus Heaney (1939), Samuel Pepys (1633), Richard Lovelace (1617), John Brunner (1934), Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), and Neil Gaiman (1960). After him are Joseph Needham (1900), Caroline Graham (1931), Mary Berry (1935), John Mandeville (1300), Constance Lloyd (1858), and Michael Moorcock (1939).

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