RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Asser

900 - 908

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Asser (; Welsh: [ˈasɛr]; died c. 909) was a Welsh monk from St David's, Dyfed, who became Bishop of Sherborne in the 890s. About 885 he was asked by Alfred the Great to leave St David's and join the circle of learned men whom Alfred was recruiting for his court. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Asser has received more than 432,025 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Asser is the 2,254th most popular religious figure (down from 1,990th in 2019), the 2,700th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,544th in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Asser ranks 2,254 out of 3,187. Before him are Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Basil III of Constantinople, Marie-Dominique Chenu, Jón Ögmundsson, Gondophares, and Philippe Barbarin. After him are Johann Dzierzon, Giulio Alenio, José Freire Falcão, Francis Solanus, Vincenzo Carafa, and Theodore Edgar McCarrick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900, Asser ranks 61. Before him are Godfrid, Duke of Frisia, Burgred of Mercia, Orso I Participazio, Zdeslav of Croatia, Udo of Neustria, and Eudokia Baïana. After him are Giovanni II Participazio, Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia, Teutberga, Mara Takla Haymanot, Olaf Guthfrithson, and Beorhtwulf of Mercia. Among people deceased in 908, Asser ranks 6. Before him are Emperor Ai of Tang, Al-Muktafi, Li Keyong, Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz, and Remigius of Auxerre.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Asser ranks 2,700 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Davies (1946), Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871), Edward Colston (1636), Eric Ambler (1909), Samuel Morland (1625), and Jimmy Gardner (1924). After him are Philip Jackson (1948), Benedict Wong (1971), Billy Boyd (1968), Simon Callow (1949), Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443), and Harriet Walter (1950).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Asser ranks 65. Before him are George Cruikshank (1792), Benedict Biscop (628), Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516), Agnes Baden-Powell (1858), Andrew Bell (1753), and Hugh Latimer (1485). After him are Edmund Campion (1540), Richard Hooker (1554), Alkmund of Derby (800), John Colet (1467), Saint Mungo (518), and Wilfrid (634).

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