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Henry of Huntingdon

1080 - 1160

Henry of Huntingdon

Henry of Huntingdon (Latin: Henricus Huntindoniensis; c. 1088 – c. 1157), the son of a canon in the diocese of Lincoln, was a 12th-century English historian and the author of Historia Anglorum (Medieval Latin for "History of the English"), as "the most important Anglo-Norman historian to emerge from the secular clergy". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry of Huntingdon has received more than 155,114 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Henry of Huntingdon is the 4,898th most popular writer (down from 4,529th in 2019), the 3,576th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,392nd in 2019) and the 407th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

160k
Page Views (PV)
54.89
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
21
Languages Editions (L)
3.18
Effective Languages (L*)
3.14
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Henry of Huntingdon ranks 4,898 out of 7,302. Before him are Alexander Abusch, Fedir Bohatyrchuk, Matthew Henry, George Moore, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. After him are Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Kedarnath Singh, Jonathan Coe, Jean-Christophe Rufin, and Nathanael West.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Alexander Abusch
1902 - 1982
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 4,892
Fedir Bohatyrchuk
1892 - 1984
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 4,893
Matthew Henry
1662 - 1714
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 4,894
George Moore
1852 - 1933
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 4,895
Anna Laetitia Barbauld
1743 - 1825
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 4,896
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1927 - 2013
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 4,897
Henry of Huntingdon
1080 - 1160
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 4,898
Suniti Kumar Chatterji
1890 - 1977
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 4,899
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
1834 - 1893
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 4,900
Kedarnath Singh
1934 - 2018
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 4,901
Jonathan Coe
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 4,902
Jean-Christophe Rufin
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 4,903
Nathanael West
1903 - 1940
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 4,904

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1080, Henry of Huntingdon ranks 18. Before him are Raymond du Puy, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, William of Malmesbury, William of Conches, Domenico Morosini, and Ermesinde of Luxembourg, Countess of Namur. Among people deceased in 1160, Henry of Huntingdon ranks 16. Before him are Theodore Prodromos, Herman of Carinthia, Ibn al-Qalanisi, Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah, Matilda of Carinthia, and Bernardus Silvestris.

Others Born in 1080

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Raymond du Puy
POLITICIAN
1080 - 1160
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 12
Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī
PHILOSOPHER
1080 - 1165
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 13
William of Malmesbury
HISTORIAN
1080 - 1140
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 14
William of Conches
PHILOSOPHER
1080 - 1154
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 15
Domenico Morosini
POLITICIAN
1080 - 1156
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 16
Ermesinde of Luxembourg, Countess of Namur
POLITICIAN
1080 - 1143
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 17
Henry of Huntingdon
WRITER
1080 - 1160
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 18