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Thomas Percy

1729 - 1811

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Thomas Percy (13 April 1729 – 30 September 1811) was Bishop of Dromore, County Down, Ireland. Before being made bishop, he was chaplain to George III of the United Kingdom. Percy's greatest contribution is considered to be his Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765), the first of the great ballad collections, which was the one work most responsible for the ballad revival in English poetry that was a significant part of the Romantic movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Percy is the 2,612th most popular writer (up from 6,406th in 2019), the 2,186th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,596th in 2019) and the 246th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Thomas Percy ranks 2,612 out of 7,302. Before him are Ottavio Rinuccini, Mir Taqi Mir, D. B. Weiss, Polemon I of Pontus, Giulio Angioni, and Michael Grant. After him are Rosario Castellanos, Friedrich Spee, Mariana Alcoforado, George Adamski, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, and Georges Ohnet.

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Among people born in 1729, Thomas Percy ranks 18. Before him are Johann Daniel Titius, Giuseppe Sarti, Johann Reinhold Forster, Florian Leopold Gassmann, William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, and Christian Gottlob Heyne. After him are Gaétan Vestris, Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, Anders Chydenius, Michael von Melas, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, and Giuseppe Parini. Among people deceased in 1811, Thomas Percy ranks 11. Before him are Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Dositej Obradović, Jean Chalgrin, Nevil Maskelyne, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, and Eliza Poe. After him are Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, Ignacio Allende, Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, and Marie-Joseph Chénier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Percy ranks 2,186 out of 8,785. Before him are David Moyes (1963), Menzies Campbell (1941), Bill Bruford (1949), Michael Grant (1914), Sarah Douglas (1952), and Rick Wakeman (1949). After him are Tony Banks (1950), David Purley (1945), Israel Kirzner (1930), Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735), Peter Capaldi (1958), and Craig Brown (1940).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Percy ranks 246. Before him are Rebecca West (1892), Donald Adamson (1939), David Crystal (1941), Walter Bagehot (1826), Sophie Kinsella (1969), and Michael Grant (1914). After him are John Wyndham (1903), David Ogilvy (1911), Anna Sewell (1820), Patrick O'Brian (1914), Wilfred Owen (1893), and Branwell Brontë (1817).

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