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Basil Valentine

1394 - 1450

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Basil Valentine is the Anglicised version of the name Basilius Valentinus, ostensibly a 15th-century alchemist, possibly Canon of the Benedictine Priory of Saint Peter in Erfurt, Germany but more likely a pseudonym used by one or several 16th-century German authors. According to John Maxson Stillman, who wrote on the history of chemistry, there is no evidence of such a name on the rolls in Germany or Rome and no mention of this name before 1600. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Basil Valentine has received more than 167,096 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Basil Valentine is the 1,676th most popular writer, the 1,778th most popular biography from Germany and the 113th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Basil Valentine ranks 1,676 out of 7,302. Before him are Quintus Smyrnaeus, Upton Sinclair, Martin Walser, Barbara Cartland, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, and Konstantin Paustovsky. After him are Jules Romains, Fredric Jameson, Albert Cohen, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Henri de Régnier, and Otfried Preußler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1394, Basil Valentine ranks 9. Before him are Ulugh Beg, Charles, Duke of Orléans, James I of Scotland, Philippa of England, Cymburgis of Masovia, and Ikkyū. After him are Sidi Boushaki, Ashikaga Yoshinori, and Antonio Beccadelli. Among people deceased in 1450, Basil Valentine ranks 6. Before him are Sejong the Great, Agnès Sorel, Helena Dragaš, Abdal-Latif Mirza, and Stefano di Giovanni. After him are Francis I, Duke of Brittany, Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria, Leonello d'Este, Ahmad ibn Arabshah, Nuno Gonçalves, and Bengt Jönsson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Basil Valentine ranks 1,778 out of 7,253. Before him are Christoph Probst (1919), Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1722), Joseph Martin Kraus (1756), Martin Walser (1927), Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835), and Werner Jaeger (1888). After him are Johann Ludwig Bach (1677), Louis VI, Elector Palatine (1539), Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), Christa Ludwig (1928), Carl Ludvig Engel (1778), and Wilhelm Zaisser (1893).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Basil Valentine ranks 113. Before him are Gustav Landauer (1870), Uri Avnery (1923), Sebastian Haffner (1907), Ludwig Börne (1786), Christian Morgenstern (1871), and Martin Walser (1927). After him are Hans F. K. Günther (1891), Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723), Friedrich Rückert (1788), Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633), Elvira Madigan (1867), and Theodor Nöldeke (1836).

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