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Iolo Morganwg

1747 - 1826

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Edward Williams, better known by his bardic name Iolo Morganwg ([ˈjɔlɔ mɔrˈɡanʊɡ]; 10 March 1747 – 18 December 1826), was a Welsh antiquarian, poet and collector. He was seen as an expert collector of Medieval Welsh literature, but it emerged after his death that he had forged several manuscripts, notably some of the Third Series of Welsh Triads. Even so, he had a lasting impact on Welsh culture, notably in founding the secret society known as the Gorsedd, through which Iolo Morganwg successfully co-opted the 18th-century Eisteddfod revival. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iolo Morganwg has received more than 208,287 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Iolo Morganwg is the 5,482nd most popular writer (down from 4,948th in 2019), the 4,528th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,146th in 2019) and the 507th most popular British Writer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

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  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Iolo Morganwg ranks 5,482 out of 5,755Before him are Ksenia Sobchak, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Walter de la Mare, Monika Maron, David Brown, and Simo Puupponen. After him are Pavao Pavličić, Karin Alvtegen, Joel Lehtonen, Margaret Mazzantini, René Benjamin, and Alvah Bessie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1747, Iolo Morganwg ranks 23Before him are Grigory Shelikhov, Franz von Paula Schrank, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, Eugenio Espejo, Benjamin Vulliamy, and György Bessenyei. After him are Samuel Osgood and Gunning Bedford Jr.. Among people deceased in 1826, Iolo Morganwg ranks 46Before him are Stanisław Staszic, Johann Heinrich Voss, Jacob Hübner, John Farey Sr., Ferdinand Bauer, and Nicolas Fuss. After him are Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings and Isaac Shelby.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Iolo Morganwg ranks 4,528 out of 7,765Before him are Skin (1967), Jackie Blanchflower (1933), Peter Hill-Wood (1936), John Whitehurst (1713), Tommy Steele (1936), and Ed Stafford (1975). After him are Anna Popplewell (1988), Bryan Johnson (1926), Kenneth Williams (1926), Hamilton Harty (1879), Darren Fletcher (1984), and Anya Chalotra (1996).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Iolo Morganwg ranks 507Before him are Ali Smith (1962), Alasdair Gray (1934), Terence Rattigan (1911), Howard Jacobson (1942), Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823), and Walter de la Mare (1873). After him are David Seidler (1937), George William Russell (1867), Aubrey de Grey (1963), Anne Fine (1947), John Masefield (1878), and Jhumpa Lahiri (1967).