WRITER

Thomas Otway

1652 - 1685

Thomas Otway

Thomas Otway (3 March 1652 – 14 April 1685) was an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for Venice Preserv'd, or A Plot Discover'd (1682). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Otway is the 2,779th most popular writer (up from 2,947th in 2019), the 2,317th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,160th in 2019) and the 257th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Thomas Otway ranks 2,779 out of 7,302. Before him are Fleur Jaeggy, Ben Hecht, Budd Schulberg, Olympiodorus of Thebes, Commodian, and Kekaumenos. After him are Sextus Pompeius Festus, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Salama Moussa, Countess of Ségur, Shakuntala Devi, and Lars Norén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1652, Thomas Otway ranks 11. Before him are Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard, Boris Sheremetev, Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Cornelis de Bruijn, Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate, and Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental. After him are Johann Ernst Glück, Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt, Pavao Ritter Vitezović, Jan Brokoff, and Nahum Tate. Among people deceased in 1685, Thomas Otway ranks 11. Before him are Adriaen van Ostade, John Pell, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, Charles II, Elector Palatine, Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti, and Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria. After him are Francisco Herrera the Younger, Juan Carreño de Miranda, Michel Le Tellier, and Francisco Rizi.

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Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard
POLITICIAN
1652 - 1728
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 5
Boris Sheremetev
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1652 - 1719
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 6
Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
NOBLEMAN
1652 - 1718
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 7
Cornelis de Bruijn
WRITER
1652 - 1727
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 8
Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate
COMPANION
1652 - 1730
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 9
Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental
NOBLEMAN
1652 - 1697
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 10
Thomas Otway
WRITER
1652 - 1685
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 11
Johann Ernst Glück
WRITER
1652 - 1705
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 12
Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt
NOBLEMAN
1652 - 1712
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 13
Pavao Ritter Vitezović
WRITER
1652 - 1713
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 14
Jan Brokoff
SCULPTOR
1652 - 1718
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 15
Nahum Tate
WRITER
1652 - 1715
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 16

Others Deceased in 1685

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Adriaen van Ostade
PAINTER
1610 - 1685
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 5
John Pell
MATHEMATICIAN
1611 - 1685
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 6
Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato
PAINTER
1609 - 1685
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 7
Charles II, Elector Palatine
POLITICIAN
1651 - 1685
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 8
Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti
POLITICIAN
1661 - 1685
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 9
Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria
NOBLEMAN
1629 - 1685
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 10
Thomas Otway
WRITER
1652 - 1685
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 11
Francisco Herrera the Younger
PAINTER
1622 - 1685
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 12
Juan Carreño de Miranda
PAINTER
1614 - 1685
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 13
Michel Le Tellier
POLITICIAN
1603 - 1685
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 14
Francisco Rizi
PAINTER
1614 - 1685
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 15