PHILOSOPHER

Hector Boece

1465 - 1536

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Hector Boece (; also spelled Boyce or Boise; 1465–1536), known in Latin as Hector Boecius or Boethius, was a Scottish philosopher and historian, and the first Principal of King's College in Aberdeen, a predecessor of the University of Aberdeen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hector Boece has received more than 87,011 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Hector Boece is the 1,151st most popular philosopher (down from 1,002nd in 2019), the 3,648th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,871st in 2019) and the 73rd most popular British Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 87k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Hector Boeces by language

Over the past year Hector Boece has had the most page views in the with 10,512 views, followed by Italian (1,226), and Russian (856). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (201.04%), Latin (89.45%), and Swedish (59.51%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hector Boece ranks 1,151 out of 1,267. Before him are W. D. Ross, Eduardo Lourenço, Homi K. Bhabha, Dieter Henrich, Abram Deborin, and William Thompson. After him are Ralph Cudworth, William Lane Craig, John McDowell, Pat Robertson, Mark Fisher, and Mary Whiton Calkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1465, Hector Boece ranks 20. Before him are Shō Shin, Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Johann von Staupitz, Philotheus of Pskov, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, and Beatriz Galindo. After him is Cassandra Fedele. Among people deceased in 1536, Hector Boece ranks 24. Before him are Jacob Hutter, Felice della Rovere, Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Juan Pizarro, Marino Sanuto the Younger, and Daniel Hopfer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hector Boece ranks 3,648 out of 8,785. Before him are David Dunbar Buick (1854), David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven (1919), William Davies Evans (1790), Roger Allam (1953), Raymond Leppard (1927), and Peter Cook (1936). After him are John Derbyshire (1878), Ralph Cudworth (1617), Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893), Sam Riley (1980), Adolph Deutsch (1897), and Arthur Roche (1950).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Hector Boece ranks 73. Before him are Damaris Cudworth Masham (1659), Michael Oakeshott (1901), Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788), Carole Pateman (1940), Walter Burley (1275), and W. D. Ross (1877). After him are Ralph Cudworth (1617), Mark Fisher (1968), John Peckham (1227), Anthony Collins (1676), Bernard Bosanquet (1848), and Eric A. Havelock (1903).

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