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William Congreve

1670 - 1729

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William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright, satirist and poet. He spent most of his early career between London and Dublin, during which time he was an apprentice to the English poet John Dryden and became noted for his highly polished style of writing. He initially used the pseudonym Cleophil, and first achieved widespread fame beginning in 1693 when he wrote some of the most popular English plays of the time. Regarded by critics as the foremost dramatist of the Restoration era, Congreve played a major role in shaping English comedy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Congreve is the 3,154th most popular writer (up from 3,876th in 2019), the 2,571st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,787th in 2019) and the 284th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, William Congreve ranks 3,154 out of 7,302. Before him are Edward Gorey, Eduard Vilde, D. R. Bendre, Dámaso Alonso, Itzhak Katzenelson, and Ahmad Javad. After him are Mikhail Kuzmin, Cecil Bødker, Theodore Balsamon, Kerstin Ekman, Curt von Bardeleben, and Juan Marsé.

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Among people born in 1670, William Congreve ranks 20. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Dubos, Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje, Julie d'Aubigny, Zheng Keshuang, Domenico Trezzini, and Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham. After him are Banda Singh Bahadur, Köprülüzade Numan Pasha, and Olof Celsius. Among people deceased in 1729, William Congreve ranks 15. Before him are Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach, John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Johann David Heinichen, Anthony Collins, Louis Antoine de Noailles, and Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Torii Kiyonobu I, Giacomo F. Maraldi, Samuel Clarke, Attilio Ariosti, Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Richard Steele.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Congreve ranks 2,572 out of 8,785. Before him are William Foulke (1874), James Harrington (1611), Midge Ure (1953), Robert Morley (1908), John Kemp Starley (1854), and John Burgoyne (1722). After him are Rebecca Clarke (1886), Francis Pym (1922), Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury (1948), John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), Mick Fleetwood (1947), and Jonathan Wild (1683).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Congreve ranks 284. Before him are Samuel Smiles (1812), Dodie Smith (1896), Jack Higgins (1929), Herbert Read (1893), Frederick Denison Maurice (1805), and Joseph Delaney (1945). After him are Edwin Arnold (1832), William Langland (1332), Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), Lady Caroline Lamb (1785), Jackie Collins (1937), and Edith Pargeter (1913).

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