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Alain de Lille

1117 - 1202

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Alain de Lille (Alan of Lille; Latin: Alanus ab Insulis; c. 1128 – 1202/1203) was a French theologian and poet. He was born in Lille some time before 1128. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alain de Lille has received more than 133,115 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Alain de Lille is the 394th most popular philosopher (up from 411th in 2019), the 1,116th most popular biography from France (up from 1,218th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular French Philosopher.

Alain de Lille is most famous for his work "The Plaint of Nature."

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Alain de Lille ranks 394 out of 1,267. Before him are Paul Tillich, Peter Singer, Étienne Gilson, Heinrich Rickert, Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, and Damascius. After him are Kapila, Étienne Cabet, Boetius of Dacia, Ahmad Sirhindi, Henri-Frédéric Amiel, and Archelaus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1117, Alain de Lille ranks 1. After him is Saint Homobonus. Among people deceased in 1202, Alain de Lille ranks 3. Before him are Joachim of Fiore, and Canute VI of Denmark. After him are Sverre of Norway, Mieszko III the Old, Myeongjong of Goryeo, Birger Brosa, William of the White Hands, Blondel de Nesle, Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad, Gaucelm Faidit, and Inge Magnusson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain de Lille ranks 1,116 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles III of Navarre (1361), François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577), Georges Ernest Boulanger (1837), James II of Majorca (1243), La Hire (1390), and Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1661). After him are Francis Phoebus of Navarre (1467), Albert Roussel (1869), Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (1202), Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754), Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728), and Alphonse Bertillon (1853).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Alain de Lille ranks 52. Before him are Edgar Morin (1921), Maurice Halbwachs (1877), René Girard (1923), Jean Gerson (1363), Richard Avenarius (1843), and Étienne Gilson (1884). After him are Étienne Cabet (1788), Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais (1782), Alain de Benoist (1943), Pierre d'Ailly (1350), Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (1460), and Antoine Destutt de Tracy (1754).

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