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Adam of Bremen

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Adam of Bremen (Latin: Adamus Bremensis; German: Adam von Bremen; before 1050 – 12 October 1081/1085) was a German medieval chronicler. He lived and worked in the second half of the eleventh century. Adam is most famous for his chronicle Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum (Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adam of Bremen has received more than 278,214 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Adam of Bremen is the 54th most popular historian (up from 270th in 2019), the 620th most popular biography from Germany (down from 560th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Historian.

Adam of Bremen was a German historian and archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen. He is most famous for his work "Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum" (Deeds of the Bishops of the Hamburg Church) which he completed in 1075. The work is a history of the Hamburg-Bremen Archbishopric, and includes a history of the Northern Crusades.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Adam of Bremen ranks 54 out of 339. Before him are Poggio Bracciolini, Tzvetan Todorov, Callisthenes, John Skylitzes, Marcus Velleius Paterculus, and Socrates of Constantinople. After him are Euhemerus, Theopompus, Justin, Johann Gustav Droysen, Libanius, and Francesco Guicciardini.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adam of Bremen ranks 620 out of 6,142. Before him are Bert Hellinger (1925), Otto Loewi (1873), Albert Göring (1895), William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1852), Manfred Eigen (1927), and Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (1727). After him are August Horch (1868), Franz Stuck (1863), Curd Jürgens (1915), Fritz Perls (1893), Erich Priebke (1913), and Johannes Rau (1931).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Adam of Bremen ranks 7. Before him are Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717), Leopold von Ranke (1795), Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779), Erwin Panofsky (1892), Samuel von Pufendorf (1632), and Aby Warburg (1866). After him are Erich Auerbach (1892), Julius Wellhausen (1844), Hieronymus Wolf (1516), Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876), Hermann Alexander Diels (1848), and Reinhart Koselleck (1923).

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