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William Congreve

1670 - 1729

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William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was a British playwright, satirist, and poet. He spent most of his early career between London and Dublin, during which he became popular for his highly polished style of writing. Congreve is regarded by many critics as one of the most important dramatists of the early Georgian era, and the popularity of his comedy plays throughout the 17th and 18th centuries was central to the development of the comedy of manners satirical genre. He is remembered for his restoration play The Way of the World (1700), which is considered by commentators to be a centerpiece of Restoration comedy literature, and his tragedy play The Mourning Bride (1697), which contains the quote "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned". 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 2,572nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,788th 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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Among people born in United Kingdom, William Congreve ranks 2,573 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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