WRITER

William Wycherley

1640 - 1716

William Wycherley

William Wycherley ( witch-ər-LEE; April 1641 – 1 January 1716) was an English Army officer and playwright best known for writing the plays The Country Wife and The Plain Dealer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Wycherley is the 6,573rd most popular writer (down from 6,561st in 2019), the 6,017th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,877th in 2019) and the 673rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, William Wycherley ranks 6,573 out of 7,302. Before him are Alice Stone Blackwell, Cory Doctorow, Nina Bawden, Carlton Cuse, Tõnu Õnnepalu, and Veronica Roth. After him are Philip G. Epstein, Ornela Vorpsi, Brian Moore, Khosiyat Rustam, James Lipton, and Sabina Berman.

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Alice Stone Blackwell
1857 - 1950
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 6,567
Cory Doctorow
1971 - Present
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 6,568
Nina Bawden
1925 - 2012
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 6,569
Carlton Cuse
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 6,570
Tõnu Õnnepalu
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 6,571
Veronica Roth
1988 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 6,572
William Wycherley
1640 - 1716
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 6,573
Philip G. Epstein
1909 - 1952
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 6,574
Ornela Vorpsi
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 6,575
Brian Moore
1921 - 1999
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 6,576
Khosiyat Rustam
1971 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 6,577
James Lipton
1926 - 2020
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 6,578
Sabina Berman
1955 - Present
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 6,579

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1640, William Wycherley ranks 25. Before him are Georg Mohr, Gerard de Lairesse, Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, Claude Fleury, Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and John Mayow. Among people deceased in 1716, William Wycherley ranks 16. Before him are Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, Banda Singh Bahadur, Giovanni Battista Bassani, Charles de La Fosse, and Marfa Apraksina.

Others Born in 1640

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Georg Mohr
MATHEMATICIAN
1640 - 1697
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 19
Gerard de Lairesse
PAINTER
1640 - 1711
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 20
Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester
POLITICIAN
1640 - 1660
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 21
Claude Fleury
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1640 - 1723
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 22
Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
NOBLEMAN
1640 - 1709
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 23
John Mayow
CHEMIST
1640 - 1679
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 24
William Wycherley
WRITER
1640 - 1716
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 25