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Eilmer of Malmesbury

985 - Today

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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 173,613 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Eilmer of Malmesbury is the 276th most popular engineer (down from 247th in 2019).

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  • 170k

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  • 46.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Eilmer of Malmesbury ranks 276 out of 323Before him are Arthur Rudolph, Peter Schreyer, Othmar Ammann, K. Eric Drexler, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., and Da-Wen Sun. After him are Alan Shugart, Mikhail Tikhonravov, Arthur E. Kennelly, Hideo Itokawa, Geoffrey de Havilland, and William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong.

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Contemporaries

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

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