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Alexander Neckam

1157 - 1217

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Alexander Neckam (8 September 1157 – 31 March 1217) was an English poet, theologian, and writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Neckam has received more than 92,676 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Neckam is the 3,330th most popular writer, the 2,464th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 283rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 93k

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  • 50.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alexander Neckam ranks 3,330 out of 5,755Before him are A. Merritt, Diego Durán, Ernst Weiss, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, Anvari, and Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani. After him are John Ashbery, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Cui Hao, Elin Pelin, Richard Yates, and Shibli Nomani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1157, Alexander Neckam ranks 6Before him are Richard I of England, Alfonso II of Aragon, Tomoe Gozen, Leopold V, Duke of Austria, and Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders.  Among people deceased in 1217, Alexander Neckam ranks 10Before him are Inge II of Norway, Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, Isabella, Countess of Gloucester, Lembitu, Caupo of Turaida, and Philip Simonsson. After him is David of Dinant.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Neckam ranks 2,464 out of 7,765Before him are Henry Dudeney (1857), Henry of Scotland (1115), Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833), Eduardo Paolozzi (1924), Horatio Gates (1727), and Henry Ireton (1611). After him are Christopher Hill (1912), Edwin of Northumbria (586), Richard Johnson (1927), Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901), Graham McTavish (1961), and Roger Williams (1603).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Alexander Neckam ranks 283Before him are Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), Josephine Tey (1896), Peter Cheyney (1896), William Langland (1332), Nancy Mitford (1904), and William Cowper (1731). After him are William Hope Hodgson (1877), Eleanor Hibbert (1906), Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925), Edith Durham (1863), Robert Chambers (1802), and Eric Ambler (1909).