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George Buchanan

1506 - 1582

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George Buchanan (Scottish Gaelic: Seòras Bochanan; February 1506 – 28 September 1582) was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. According to historian Keith Brown, Buchanan was "the most profound intellectual sixteenth century Scotland produced." His ideology of resistance to royal usurpation gained widespread acceptance during the Scottish Reformation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Buchanan has received more than 234,139 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). George Buchanan is the 218th most popular historian (up from 222nd in 2019), the 2,158th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,440th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, George Buchanan ranks 218 out of 339. Before him are Claude Cahen, Christian Gottlob Heyne, Joseph Klausner, Michael Glykas, Slobodan Jovanović, and Reinhart Dozy. After him are Karl Krumbacher, Georges Lefebvre, Peter Brown, Janko Prunk, William H. McNeill, and Ivane Javakhishvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1506, George Buchanan ranks 9. Before him are Hwang Jini, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Peter Faber, Juliana of Stolberg, and Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja.  Among people deceased in 1582, George Buchanan ranks 15. Before him are Diego, Prince of Asturias, Charlotte of Bourbon, Oda Nobutada, Zhang Juzheng, Louis, Duke of Montpensier, and Francisco de Toledo. After him is Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Buchanan ranks 2,158 out of 7,765. Before him are Liam Gallagher (1972), Colin Renfrew (1937), Murray Head (1946), Chas Chandler (1938), Alexander Parkes (1813), and Flora MacDonald (1722). After him are Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915), Eddie Clarke (1950), Andrew Moray (1265), Mick Box (1947), F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782), and Roger Bannister (1929).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, George Buchanan ranks 21. Before him are Antony Beevor (1946), Robert Conquest (1917), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), Quentin Skinner (1940), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), and William of Malmesbury (1080). After him are John Foxe (1516), Tony Judt (1948), Christopher Hill (1912), Edward Granville Browne (1862), Gerald of Wales (1146), and John Keegan (1934).

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