PHILOSOPHER

Alexander of Hales

1175 - 1245

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Alexander of Hales (also Halensis, Alensis, Halesius, Alesius ; c. 1185 – 21 August 1245), also called Doctor Irrefragibilis (by Pope Alexander IV in the Bull De Fontibus Paradisi) and Theologorum Monarcha, was a Franciscan friar, theologian and philosopher important in the development of scholasticism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander of Hales has received more than 121,780 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Alexander of Hales is the 623rd most popular philosopher (down from 590th in 2019), the 1,276th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,293rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Philosopher.

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  • 57.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Alexander of Hales ranks 623 out of 1,267. Before him are Kuno Fischer, Marpa Lotsawa, Dharmakirti, Vilém Flusser, Kitaro Nishida, and Antonio Labriola. After him are Werner Jaeger, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov, Theodor Lipps, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, Philipp Mainländer, and Diogenes of Oenoanda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1175, Alexander of Hales ranks 11. Before him are Agnes of Merania, Robert Grosseteste, Comtessa de Dia, Frederick I, Duke of Austria, Michael Scot, and Albert I, Duke of Saxony. After him are Margaret of Hungary, Yolanda of Flanders, and Roger III of Sicily. Among people deceased in 1245, Alexander of Hales ranks 3. Before him are Rusudan of Georgia, and Jayadeva. After him are Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence, and Beatrice d'Este, Queen of Hungary.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander of Hales ranks 1,276 out of 8,785. Before him are Ceawlin of Wessex (600), Frances de la Tour (1944), Scott Adkins (1976), John Hawkwood (1320), Walafrid Strabo (808), and Sylvia Pankhurst (1882). After him are David Byron (1947), Mark Sykes (1879), Shirley Bassey (1937), Thomas Gresham (1519), Edward Lear (1812), and Mary Leakey (1913).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Alexander of Hales ranks 37. Before him are Harriet Taylor Mill (1807), John Austin (1790), Alan Watts (1915), Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), Thomas Reid (1710), and R. G. Collingwood (1889). After him are David Hartley (1705), Olaf Stapledon (1886), Anne Conway (1631), Gilbert Ryle (1900), Richard of Saint Victor (1110), and Thomas Hill Green (1836).

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