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Eilmer of Malmesbury

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Eilmer of Malmesbury (also known as Oliver due to a scribe's miscopying, or Elmer, or Æthelmær) was an 11th-century English Benedictine monk best known for his early attempt at a gliding flight using wings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eilmer of Malmesbury has received more than 199,265 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Eilmer of Malmesbury is the 279th most popular engineer (down from 274th in 2019).

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  • 200k

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  • 55.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Eilmer of Malmesbury ranks 279 out of 389. Before him are Louis Pouzin, Preston Tucker, Robert W. Paul, Gerhard Fieseler, Rudy Van Gelder, and Mikhail Tikhonravov. After him are Arthur Rudolph, Ransom E. Olds, Pierre-François Bouchard, Georgy Langemak, Hideo Itokawa, and Burt Rutan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 985, Eilmer of Malmesbury ranks 9. Before him are Radbot of Klettgau, Adalbert, Margrave of Austria, Rodulfus Glaber, Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany, Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad, and Theobald II of Blois.

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