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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 250,855 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). George Buchanan is the 265th most popular historian (down from 218th in 2019), the 2,339th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,152nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, George Buchanan ranks 265 out of 561. Before him are Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, Abraham Geiger, Bobojon Ghafurov, Guglielmo Ferrero, Christopher Hill, and Thomas the Archdeacon. After him are Émile Mâle, Bernard Desclot, Yitzhak Arad, Francisco López de Gómara, Juan de Mariana, and Malchus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1506, George Buchanan ranks 9. Before him are Hwang Jini, Peter Faber, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Juliana of Stolberg, and Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja. After him is Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz. Among people deceased in 1582, George Buchanan ranks 16. Before him are Oda Nobutada, Zhang Juzheng, Charlotte of Bourbon, Louis, Duke of Montpensier, Francisco de Toledo, and Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Buchanan ranks 2,339 out of 8,785. Before him are Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (1210), John Walker (1781), Robert Stevenson (1905), Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735), Brenda Milner (1918), and Hilary Mantel (1952). After him are William Edward Ayrton (1847), Sharon Osbourne (1952), Ford Madox Ford (1873), Harold Abrahams (1899), Richard Swinburne (1934), and Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, George Buchanan ranks 26. Before him are John Foxe (1516), Gerald of Wales (1146), Timothy Garton Ash (1955), Quentin Skinner (1940), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), and Christopher Hill (1912). After him are Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928), A. J. P. Taylor (1906), Edward Granville Browne (1862), Paul Kennedy (1945), John Keegan (1934), and Francis Godwin (1562).

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