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Aelred of Rievaulx

1110 - 1167

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Aelred of Rievaulx, O Cist. (Latin: Aelredus Riaevallensis), also known as also Ailred, Ælred, or Æthelred; (1110 – 12 January 1167) was an English Cistercian monk and writer who served as Abbot of Rievaulx from 1147 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aelred of Rievaulx has received more than 225,035 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Aelred of Rievaulx is the 2,419th most popular writer (up from 2,521st in 2019), the 1,789th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,923rd in 2019) and the 194th most popular British Writer.

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  • 21

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  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aelred of Rievaulx ranks 2,419 out of 7,302. Before him are Antiochus Kantemir, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sotion, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Vonda N. McIntyre, and Charlotte Buff. After him are Kate Chopin, Olaudah Equiano, Peter of Dusburg, Ugo Betti, Noor Inayat Khan, and Niccolò Tommaseo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1110, Aelred of Rievaulx ranks 18. Before him are Rostislav I of Kiev, Bertha of Sulzbach, Richard of Saint Victor, Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama, Maurice de Sully, and Plato Tiburtinus. After him are Alice of Antioch, Abraham ibn Daud, Godfrey II, Count of Louvain, Henry II, Duke of Limburg, Odo de St Amand, and Hodierna of Jerusalem. Among people deceased in 1167, Aelred of Rievaulx ranks 6. Before him are Empress Matilda, Abraham ibn Ezra, Charles VII of Sweden, Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia, and Rostislav I of Kiev. After him are Henry II, Duke of Limburg, and Rainald of Dassel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Aelred of Rievaulx ranks 1,789 out of 8,785. Before him are Stephen Toulmin (1922), William Jones (1675), Derek Jarman (1942), Shakin' Stevens (1948), Clarke Abel (1780), and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806). After him are Robert Palmer (1949), Asma al-Assad (1975), John Badham (1939), John Fastolf (1380), Tim Rice (1944), and Robert Hichens (1882).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Aelred of Rievaulx ranks 194. Before him are Philip Sidney (1554), Walter Bagehot (1826), William Auld (1924), Leonard Woolf (1880), Taliesin (518), and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806). After him are Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), George Meredith (1828), Renée Vivien (1877), E. Nesbit (1858), William Beckford (1760), and Dick Francis (1920).

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