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Aneirin

525 - 600

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Aneirin (Welsh pronunciation: [aˈnɛirɪn]), also rendered as Aneurin or Neirin and Aneurin Gwawdrydd, was an early Medieval Brythonic war poet who lived during the 6th century. He is believed to have been a bard or court poet in one of the Cumbric kingdoms of the Hen Ogledd, probably that of Gododdin at Edinburgh, in modern Scotland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aneirin has received more than 127,976 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Aneirin is the 5,368th most popular writer (down from 4,715th in 2019), the 4,073rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,582nd in 2019) and the 453rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Gododdin
Poetry, Heroes, Cattraeth, Battle of, Catterick, England, ca. 600
1969
Dylan druid of the broken body
1964
Diannerch Erchwyn
1975
Dylan, druid of the broken body
Comparative Literature, Criticism and interpretation, English and Welsh
1964
Y Gododdin
Poetry, Heroes, Cattraeth, Battle of, Catterick, England, ca. 600
1852
Welsh Folk Verses
1942

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aneirin ranks 5,368 out of 7,302. Before him are Robertson Davies, Marcus Furius Bibaculus, Majgull Axelsson, Leonard Howell, Paula Hawkins, and Angélica Gorodischer. After him are Jean Prévost, Roderick Thorp, Ndre Mjeda, Alfredo Bryce, Carme Riera, and Johan Henric Kellgren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 525, Aneirin ranks 6. Before him are Pope Benedict I, Liuvigild, Antarah ibn Shaddad, Alexander of Tralles, and Justinian.  Among people deceased in 600, Aneirin ranks 22. Before him are Theodorus Lector, Hesychius of Miletus, Vistahm, Borzuya, Icel of Mercia, and Theodore I Calliopas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Aneirin ranks 4,073 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696), Alan A'Court (1934), John Goodall (1863), Andrew Wakefield (1957), Greg Wise (1966), and Stafford Beer (1926). After him are Richard Rodney Bennett (1936), Thomas Hodgskin (1787), Jayne Atkinson (1959), Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet (1800), Richard Lynn (1930), and Frank Morley (1860).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Aneirin ranks 453. Before him are Sax Rohmer (1883), Charles Wilkins (1749), Benjamin Zephaniah (1958), Charles Montagu Doughty (1843), Daniel Tammet (1979), and Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696). After him are Ali Smith (1962), Richard Llewellyn (1906), Kim Newman (1959), Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1674), Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), and William Harrison Ainsworth (1805).

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