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PHILOSOPHER

Bernard of Chartres

1070 - 1130

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Bernard of Chartres (Latin: Bernardus Carnotensis; died after 1124) was a twelfth-century French Neo-Platonist philosopher, scholar, and administrator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernard of Chartres has received more than 130,399 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Bernard of Chartres is the 413th most popular philosopher (down from 402nd in 2019).

Bernard of Chartres is most famous for being a 12th century philosopher and theologian. He is also credited with the invention of the quadrivium, which is a system of knowledge that includes arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy.

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  • 130k

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  • 60.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Bernard of Chartres ranks 413 out of 1,081Before him are Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Linji Yixuan, Ban Zhao, Boetius of Dacia, Alain de Lille, and Henri-Frédéric Amiel. After him are Ernest Gellner, Vincent of Beauvais, Carl Gustav Hempel, Ernesto Laclau, Leszek Kołakowski, and Maine de Biran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1070, Bernard of Chartres ranks 2Before him is Coloman, King of Hungary. After him are William of Champeaux, Bertrade de Montfort, Raymond of Burgundy, Abraham bar Hiyya, Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, Theophilus Presbyter, Gilbert de la Porrée, Otto, Count of Ballenstedt, Prince Álmos, and Zbigniew of Poland. Among people deceased in 1130, Bernard of Chartres ranks 4Before him are Pope Honorius II, Joannes Zonaras, and Isidore the Laborer. After him are Theresa, Countess of Portugal, Bohemond II of Antioch, Ibn Tumart, Sigurd the Crusader, Margaret Fredkulla, Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia, Aénor de Châtellerault, and Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah.

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