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Thomas Fuller

1608 - 1661

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Thomas Fuller (baptised 19 June 1608 – 16 August 1661) was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published in 1662, after his death. He was a prolific author, and one of the first English writers able to live by his pen (and his many patrons). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Fuller is the 484th most popular historian (down from 413th in 2019), the 4,447th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,530th in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Thomas Fuller ranks 484 out of 561Before him are Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, Sheila Fitzpatrick, William Robertson, Robert Jay Lifton, William Dalrymple, and Walter Jens. After him are Lothrop Stoddard, Simon Janashia, Timofey Granovsky, Aleks Buda, Stephen F. Cohen, and Samuel Eliot Morison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1608, Thomas Fuller ranks 14Before him are Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, António Vieira, Eudoxia Streshneva, Pieter Post, and Jacob Adriaensz Backer.  Among people deceased in 1661, Thomas Fuller ranks 22Before him are Teimuraz I of Kakheti, Louis Couperin, Pyotr Beketov, Guru Har Rai, Daniel Seghers, and Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst. After him is Sarmad Kashani.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Fuller ranks 4,448 out of 8,785Before him are William Tenn (1920), Hector Boece (1465), Val McDermid (1955), William Dalrymple (1965), Gemma Arterton (1986), and Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645). After him are John Ogdon (1937), Anna Massey (1937), Estelle (1980), Steven Moffat (1961), William Henry Dean (1887), and Jamie Hewlett (1968).

Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Fuller ranks 56Before him are Richard J. Evans (1947), David Abulafia (1949), Niall Ferguson (1964), Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (1931), William Robertson (1721), and William Dalrymple (1965). After him are Frederic G. Kenyon (1863), Thomas Walker Arnold (1864), Robert Service (1947), William of Newburgh (1130), Mark Mazower (1958), and William Mitchell Ramsay (1851).