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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 250,170 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Cynewulf is the 4,635th most popular writer (down from 4,276th in 2019), the 3,501st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,245th in 2019) and the 398th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cynewulf ranks 4,635 out of 5,755. Before him are Len Deighton, Vitaliano Brancati, Edith Sitwell, Philippe Néricault Destouches, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, and Georg Calixtus. After him are Erico Verissimo, Jan Kasprowicz, León Felipe, Marin Sorescu, William Dean Howells, and Katarina Frostenson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900, Cynewulf ranks 59. Before him are Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Leo of Tripoli, Jayavarman IV, Olaf Guthfrithson, and Mara Takla Haymanot. After him are Beorhtwulf of Mercia, Æthelwold of Winchester, and Ōshikōchi no Mitsune. Among people deceased in 900, Cynewulf ranks 9. Before him are Ono no Komachi, Leo the Mathematician, Donald II of Scotland, Nennius, 'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk, and Dicuil.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Cynewulf ranks 3,501 out of 7,765. Before him are Trevor Taylor (1936), Robin Milner (1934), Christopher Cazenove (1943), Edith Sitwell (1887), Jamie Bell (1986), and Cilla Black (1943). After him are James Corden (1978), Graham Gouldman (1946), Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803), Ian McNeice (1950), Alistair Overeem (1980), and Nigel Terry (1945).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Cynewulf ranks 398. Before him are Brian Lumley (1937), Eleanor Farjeon (1881), W. S. Gilbert (1836), Elizabeth Goudge (1900), Len Deighton (1929), and Edith Sitwell (1887). After him are Margery Allingham (1904), John Lyly (1554), Helen Fielding (1958), M. R. James (1862), Thomas Dekker (1572), and Lucy Hawking (1969).

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