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William Davenant

1606 - 1668

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Sir William Davenant (baptised 3 March 1606 – 7 April 1668), also spelled D'Avenant, was an English poet and playwright. Along with Thomas Killigrew, Davenant was one of the rare figures in English Renaissance theatre whose career spanned both the Caroline and Restoration eras and who was active both before and after the English Civil War and during the Interregnum. Davenant was reportedly a godson of fellow playwright William Shakespeare, and he wrote a memorial ode for his godfather when he was only 12-years-old. Later in life, he was rumored to be Shakespeare's illegitimate son. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Davenant is the 4,197th most popular writer (up from 5,086th in 2019), the 3,333rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,755th in 2019) and the 368th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, William Davenant ranks 4,197 out of 7,302Before him are Christopher Priest, Sofi Oksanen, Jovan Rajić, Theodore Roszak, Grigore Vieru, and François Cavanna. After him are Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Berta Zuckerkandl, Adile Sultan, Aleko Konstantinov, and Eduardo Pondal.

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Among people born in 1606, William Davenant ranks 20Before him are Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Hermann Conring, Georg von Derfflinger, Christoph Bernhard von Galen, Nicolas Mignard, and Nicolò Sagredo.  Among people deceased in 1668, William Davenant ranks 7Before him are Philips Wouwerman, Titus van Rijn, Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Jan Miense Molenaer, Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony, and Nicolas Mignard. After him are Jan Boeckhorst, Jakob Balde, and Vassili Poyarkov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Davenant ranks 3,334 out of 8,785Before him are Christopher Priest (1943), Benedict Wong (1971), Frederick Twort (1877), Bryan Robson (1957), Joseph Quinn (1994), and Simon Wright (1963). After him are Andrew Loog Oldham (1944), Elizabeth Fry (1780), Sam Allardyce (1954), William Edward Ayrton (1847), Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761), and Thomas Bell (1792).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Davenant ranks 368Before him are Lydia Becker (1827), James Allen (1864), John Gower (1330), Eliza Acton (1799), Walter Map (1140), and Christopher Priest (1943). After him are William Hazlitt (1778), Raphael Holinshed (1529), Radclyffe Hall (1880), Philip Reeve (1966), Arthur Ransome (1884), and Graham Swift (1949).