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Cynewulf

900 - 900

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Cynewulf (, Old English: [ˈkynewuɫf]; also spelled Cynwulf or Kynewulf) is one of twelve Old English poets known by name, and one of four whose work is known to survive today. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cynewulf has received more than 274,599 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Cynewulf is the 5,069th most popular writer (down from 4,620th in 2019), the 3,745th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,493rd in 2019) and the 427th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cynewulf ranks 5,069 out of 7,302. Before him are Stijn Streuvels, Álvares de Azevedo, León Felipe, Edwin Atherstone, Heinrich Laube, and Michael Cristofer. After him are Stephen Hunter, Ion Agârbiceanu, Tanith Lee, Wyndham Lewis, Hermann Kant, and František Čelakovský.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900, Cynewulf ranks 70. Before him are Teutberga, Mara Takla Haymanot, Olaf Guthfrithson, Beorhtwulf of Mercia, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, and Þorbjörn Hornklofi. After him are John Kaminiates, Æthelred II of Northumbria, Ōshikōchi no Mitsune, Æthelwold of Winchester, and Anarawd ap Rhodri. Among people deceased in 900, Cynewulf ranks 13. Before him are Donald II of Scotland, Nennius, Björn at Haugi, 'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk, Prosigoj, and Dicuil.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Cynewulf ranks 3,745 out of 8,785. Before him are Jeremy Wade (1956), Prince Frederick of Great Britain (1750), Matthew Parker (1504), Edwin Atherstone (1788), Joe Wright (1972), and Ninian (360). After him are Tanith Lee (1947), Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726), Harrison Birtwistle (1934), Steve Redgrave (1962), Henry Edward Manning (1808), and Robin Dunbar (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Cynewulf ranks 427. Before him are Margery Allingham (1904), Michael Hirst (1952), Joyce Mansour (1928), John Gower (1330), Eliza Acton (1799), and Edwin Atherstone (1788). After him are Tanith Lee (1947), Max Beerbohm (1872), William Davenant (1606), George Borrow (1803), Jonathan Stroud (1970), and Anne V. Coates (1925).

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