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Thomas Love Peacock

1785 - 1866

Thomas Love Peacock

Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 – 23 January 1866) was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company. He was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley, and they influenced each other's work. Peacock wrote satirical novels, each with the same basic setting: characters at a table discussing and criticising the philosophical opinions of the day. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Love Peacock is the 5,331st most popular writer (down from 5,250th in 2019), the 4,251st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,948th in 2019) and the 459th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Thomas Love Peacock ranks 5,331 out of 7,302. Before him are František Halas, Claude Mauriac, Henjō, Peter F. Hamilton, Juris Alunāns, and Platon Oyunsky. After him are Richard D. Ryder, Mikhail Shishkin, Gamal El-Ghitani, Edward Rutherfurd, Takashi Tezuka, and Carol J. Adams.

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František Halas
1901 - 1949
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 5,325
Claude Mauriac
1914 - 1996
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 5,326
Henjō
816 - 890
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 5,327
Peter F. Hamilton
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 5,328
Juris Alunāns
1832 - 1864
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 5,329
Platon Oyunsky
1893 - 1939
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 5,330
Thomas Love Peacock
1785 - 1866
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 5,331
Richard D. Ryder
1940 - Present
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 5,332
Mikhail Shishkin
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 5,333
Gamal El-Ghitani
1945 - 2015
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 5,334
Edward Rutherfurd
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 5,335
Takashi Tezuka
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 5,336
Carol J. Adams
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 5,337

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, Thomas Love Peacock ranks 56. Before him are Ján Hollý, Oliver Hazard Perry, Manuel Basilio Bustamante, Arvid August Afzelius, Per Georg Scheutz, and David Wilkie. After him are Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, John Oxley, Gabriel Moore, and Alexander Porter. Among people deceased in 1866, Thomas Love Peacock ranks 48. Before him are José Ignacio Pavón, John Ross, Louis Fraser, Joseph Weydemeyer, Henryk Rzewuski, and Louis Meijer. After him are Matvey Gusev, Lewis Cass, Manuel Felipe de Tovar, William Henry Harvey, John Keble, and Robert F. Stockton.

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Ján Hollý
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1785 - 1849
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 50
Oliver Hazard Perry
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1785 - 1819
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 51
Manuel Basilio Bustamante
POLITICIAN
1785 - 1863
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 52
Arvid August Afzelius
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1785 - 1871
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 53
Per Georg Scheutz
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1785 - 1873
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 54
David Wilkie
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1785 - 1841
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 55
Thomas Love Peacock
WRITER
1785 - 1866
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 56
Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann
POLITICIAN
1785 - 1860
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 57
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge
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1785 - 1856
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 58
John Oxley
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1785 - 1828
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 59
Gabriel Moore
POLITICIAN
1785 - 1845
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 60
Alexander Porter
ATHLETE
1785 - 1844
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 61