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William Cowper

1731 - 1800

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William Cowper ( KOO-pər; 26 November [O.S. 15 November] 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th-century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. In many ways, he was one of the forerunners of Romantic poetry. Samuel Taylor Coleridge called him "the best modern poet", whilst William Wordsworth particularly admired his poem "Yardley-Oak". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Cowper is the 3,559th most popular writer (down from 3,504th in 2019), the 2,844th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,515th in 2019) and the 323rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, William Cowper ranks 3,559 out of 7,302. Before him are George the Hagiorite, Garlieb Merkel, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, Nihal Atsız, Lady Ise, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. After him are Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Jonathan Littell, Robert McKee, Victor Pelevin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Françoise Giroud.

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Among people born in 1731, William Cowper ranks 15. Before him are Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, Maria Fortunata d'Este, Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Gaetano Pugnani, Christian Cannabich, and Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Dirk van der Aa, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Robert Treat Paine, Victor Louis, and Gabriela Silang. Among people deceased in 1800, William Cowper ranks 25. Before him are Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, Joseph de Guignes, Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, Koca Yusuf Pasha, Friedrich Gilly, and Abraham Gotthelf Kästner. After him are Michael Denis, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Victor Louis, and John Rutledge.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, William Cowper ranks 2,845 out of 8,785. Before him are Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516), John Glen (1932), Bob Anderson (1931), Alan Lee (1947), Maurice Evans (1901), and Benjamin Jones (1882). After him are Christine Keeler (1942), Ruth Belville (1854), Kevin McNally (1956), Henry Dudeney (1857), Arthur Roche (1950), and John Chadwick (1920).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Cowper ranks 323. Before him are John Winthrop (1588), Richard Hakluyt (1552), Anthony Horowitz (1955), Robert Holdstock (1948), William Ernest Henley (1849), and John Osborne (1929). After him are E. W. Hornung (1866), Arthur Waley (1889), Edward William Lane (1801), Nevil Shute (1899), Alma Reville (1899), and Charles Lock Eastlake (1793).

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