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Gerald of Wales

1146 - 1201

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Gerald of Wales (Latin: Giraldus Cambrensis; Welsh: Gerallt Cymro; French: Gerald de Barri; c. 1146 – c. 1223) was a Cambro-Norman priest and historian. As a royal clerk to the king and two archbishops, he travelled widely and wrote extensively. He studied and taught in France and visited Rome several times, meeting the Pope. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerald of Wales has received more than 341,173 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Gerald of Wales is the 278th most popular historian (down from 220th in 2019), the 2,680th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,413th in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Gerald of Wales ranks 278 out of 339. Before him are Ubbo Emmius, Emmanuel Todd, Natalie Zemon Davis, Edward Granville Browne, Léon Poliakov, and Gerhard Friedrich Müller. After him are Donald Keene, Leo Allatius, Maxime Rodinson, John Keegan, Joan Wallach Scott, and Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1146, Gerald of Wales ranks 3. Before him are Conrad of Montferrat and William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.  Among people deceased in 1201, Gerald of Wales ranks 12. Before him are Igor Svyatoslavich, Constance, Duchess of Brittany, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, Walter of Châtillon, Elena Asenina of Bulgaria, and Bolesław I the Tall.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gerald of Wales ranks 2,680 out of 7,765. Before him are Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583), Ben Whishaw (1980), Billy Boyd (1968), Ray Davies (1944), Storm Thorgerson (1944), and Hilary Mantel (1952). After him are Daniel Jones (1881), James Paget (1814), Colin Bell (1946), Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (1907), Joely Richardson (1965), and Andrew V. McLaglen (1920).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Gerald of Wales ranks 26. Before him are William of Malmesbury (1080), George Buchanan (1506), John Foxe (1516), Tony Judt (1948), Christopher Hill (1912), and Edward Granville Browne (1862). After him are John Keegan (1934), Paul Kennedy (1945), Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914), A. J. P. Taylor (1906), Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (1931), and Thomas Fuller (1608).

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