WRITER

Gerard of Cremona

1114 - 1187

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Gerard of Cremona (Latin: Gerardus Cremonensis; c. 1114 – 1187) was an Italian translator of scientific books from Arabic into Latin. He worked in Toledo, Kingdom of Castile and obtained the Arabic books in the libraries at Toledo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerard of Cremona has received more than 167,519 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Gerard of Cremona is the 833rd most popular writer (up from 871st in 2019), the 980th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,019th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Italian Writer.

Gerard of Cremona is most famous for translating many important texts from Arabic to Latin.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gerard of Cremona ranks 833 out of 7,302. Before him are Harry Mulisch, Laura de Noves, Venantius Fortunatus, Franz Grillparzer, Zhang Sanfeng, and John Bunyan. After him are Bacchylides, Adunis, Dubravka Ugrešić, Thietmar of Merseburg, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, and Tibor Sekelj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1114, Gerard of Cremona ranks 4. Before him are Bhāskara II, Otto of Freising, and Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona. After him are Berenguer Ramon, Count of Provence, Dirk VI, Count of Holland, Rainald of Dassel, and Gertrude of Sulzbach. Among people deceased in 1187, Gerard of Cremona ranks 6. Before him are Pope Urban III, Pope Gregory VIII, Raynald of Châtillon, Raymond III, Count of Tripoli, and Emperor Gaozong of Song. After him are Constantine Manasses, Adelaide of Vohburg, Alexios Branas, Roger de Moulins, and Ruben III, Prince of Armenia.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gerard of Cremona ranks 980 out of 5,161. Before him are Lucilla (150), Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400), Italo Gariboldi (1879), Scribonia (-70), Pietro Pomponazzi (1462), and Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1870). After him are Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608), Giovanni Giolitti (1842), Barbara Strozzi (1619), Sextus Pompey (-67), Vittoria Colonna (1490), and Lucia Bosè (1931).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Gerard of Cremona ranks 74. Before him are Marie Mancini (1639), Cesare Pavese (1908), Ibycus (-600), Pietro Bembo (1470), Italo Svevo (1861), and Venantius Fortunatus (530). After him are Vittoria Colonna (1490), Stesichorus (-630), Gaius Lucilius (-180), Gnaeus Naevius (-275), Lucius Accius (-170), and Rustichello da Pisa (1290).

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