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Thomas Warton

1728 - 1790

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Thomas Warton (9 January 1728 – 21 May 1790) was an English literary historian, critic, and poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1785, following the death of William Whitehead. He is sometimes called Thomas Warton the younger to distinguish him from his father, who had the same name. His most famous poem is The Pleasures of Melancholy, a representative work of the Graveyard Poets. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Warton is the 6,018th most popular writer (up from 6,320th in 2019), the 5,024th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,424th in 2019) and the 548th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Thomas Warton ranks 6,018 out of 7,302. Before him are Marie Pujmanová, Jean Rouaud, Carol Shields, Marilyn Ferguson, François Nourissier, and Steven Saylor. After him are Luisa Valenzuela, Svetlana Makarovič, Tara Westover, Edmund Gosse, Tom Brokaw, and José Manuel Caballero.

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Among people born in 1728, Thomas Warton ranks 33. Before him are José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca, Johann Gerhard König, Pietro Verri, Maria Angela Ardinghelli, Ivan Polzunov, and John Wilkinson. After him are Caesar Rodney, and Mercy Otis Warren. Among people deceased in 1790, Thomas Warton ranks 21. Before him are Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa, Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Marmaduke Tunstall, Israel Putnam, and William Livingston. After him is William Hooper.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Warton ranks 5,025 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Heywood (1574), C. H. Dodd (1884), Ronald Drever (1931), Susan Hampshire (1937), Vashti Bunyan (1945), and Conor Coady (1993). After him are John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute (1958), Jonathan Lynn (1943), John Pritchard (1921), Thomas Lewis (1881), Luke Fildes (1843), and Ran Laurie (1915).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Warton ranks 548. Before him are Anthony Shaffer (1926), Iolo Morganwg (1747), Dan Houser (1974), Antonia Fraser (1932), Thomas Campbell (1777), and Thomas Heywood (1574). After him are Edmund Gosse (1849), Ali Smith (1962), Darren Shan (1972), Frances Wright (1795), Julian Symons (1912), and Anthony Powell (1905).

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