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W. S. Gilbert

1836 - 1911

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Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas. The most famous of these include H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, The Mikado. The popularity of these works was supported for over a century by year-round performances of them, in Britain and abroad, by the repertory company that Gilbert, Sullivan and their producer Richard D'Oyly Carte founded, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. These Savoy operas are still frequently performed in the English-speaking world and beyond. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. W. S. Gilbert is the 3,969th most popular writer (up from 4,633rd in 2019), the 3,129th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,318th in 2019) and the 353rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, W. S. Gilbert ranks 3,969 out of 7,302. Before him are Elizabeth Strout, Leopold Andrian, U. R. Ananthamurthy, Otto Ludwig, Christiane Amanpour, and Zülfü Livaneli. After him are Georges Schehadé, Thomas Murner, Hans Carossa, Ugo Betti, Hafez Ibrahim, and Maurice Scève.

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Among people born in 1836, W. S. Gilbert ranks 63. Before him are Cirilo Antonio Rivarola, Walery Antoni Wróblewski, Camillo Boito, Harry Rosenbusch, Alfred Grandidier, and Ernst von Bergmann. After him are Robert Swinhoe, Bret Harte, Michał Elwiro Andriolli, John W. Foster, Émile Étienne Guimet, and Ferdinand Monoyer. Among people deceased in 1911, W. S. Gilbert ranks 67. Before him are Carolina Coronado, Nikolay Beketov, Kōtoku Shūsui, Anton Josef Gruscha, Ernst Brenner, and Carl Fredrik Hill. After him are Pedro Paterno, Gustaf Fröding, Edwin Austin Abbey, José López Domínguez, Kanno Sugako, and John Douglas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, W. S. Gilbert ranks 3,130 out of 8,785. Before him are Anthony Phillips (1951), Nathaniel Bliss (1700), Gerald Moore (1899), Chris Vance (1971), Christiane Amanpour (1958), and Ian Wright (1963). After him are Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (1907), William Camden (1551), Belinda Lee (1935), B. C. Forbes (1880), Phil Manzanera (1951), and Graham McTavish (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, W. S. Gilbert ranks 353. Before him are Graham Hancock (1950), Gertrude Jekyll (1843), Richard Hammond (1969), Andrew Marvell (1621), Israel Zangwill (1864), and Christiane Amanpour (1958). After him are Nick Hornby (1957), Alexander Neckam (1157), Edwin Atherstone (1788), Mary Renault (1905), Eric Frank Russell (1905), and Pippa Middleton (1983).

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