HISTORIAN

Francis Godwin

1562 - 1633

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Francis Godwin (1562–1633) was an English historian, science fiction author and priest, who was Bishop of Llandaff and of Hereford. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Godwin has received more than 62,226 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Godwin is the 364th most popular historian, the 3,153rd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 32nd most popular British Historian.

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  • 62k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Francis Godwin ranks 364 out of 561. Before him are Peter Gay, Fritz Stern, Ehsan Yarshater, Géza Alföldy, Franz Babinger, and Leo Allatius. After him are Efraim Zuroff, Pierre Chaunu, Jan T. Gross, Jacob Theodor Klein, Patricia Crone, and Donald Kagan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1562, Francis Godwin ranks 19. Before him are Isabella Andreini, John Bull, Adam van Noort, Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, Bento de Góis, and James III, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg. After him are Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, George Abbot, and Samuel Daniel. Among people deceased in 1633, Francis Godwin ranks 18. Before him are George Herbert, Sigrid of Sweden, Archduchess Margaret of Austria, Juan Pablo Bonet, John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, and Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. After him are Étienne Brûlé, George Abbot, and William Ames.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Godwin ranks 3,153 out of 8,785. Before him are Laura Muntz Lyall (1860), Philip Reeve (1966), Cilla Black (1943), Mark Hughes (1963), Lawrence Oates (1880), and John Sims (1749). After him are John Cairncross (1913), E. T. Whittaker (1873), Henry Dudeney (1857), Roy Harper (1941), Una Stubbs (1937), and James Milner (1986).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Francis Godwin ranks 32. Before him are George Buchanan (1506), Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928), A. J. P. Taylor (1906), Edward Granville Browne (1862), Paul Kennedy (1945), and John Keegan (1934). After him are Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (1931), Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914), Agnes Arber (1879), Stanley Morison (1889), Thomas Fuller (1608), and Thomas Walker Arnold (1864).

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