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John Florio

1553 - 1625

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Giovanni Florio (1552 or 1553 – 1625), known as John Florio, was an English linguist, poet, writer, translator, lexicographer, and royal language tutor at the Court of James I. He is recognised as the most important Renaissance humanist in England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Florio has received more than 157,314 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Florio is the 119th most popular linguist (down from 112th in 2019), the 2,762nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,685th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, John Florio ranks 119 out of 161. Before him are Morris Swadesh, Anne Dacier, Jules Gilliéron, Arie de Jong, Daniel Jones, and George Abraham Grierson. After him are Aleksander Brückner, Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Jan de Vries, William Dwight Whitney, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, and Giuliano Bonfante.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1553, John Florio ranks 12. Before him are Patriarch Filaret of Moscow, Luca Marenzio, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma, Prospero Alpini, Nicolò Contarini, and Vitsentzos Kornaros.  Among people deceased in 1625, John Florio ranks 20. Before him are Anna Vasa of Sweden, Orlando Gibbons, John Fletcher, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Ubbo Emmius. After him is Thomas Lodge.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Florio ranks 2,762 out of 7,765. Before him are Nicol Williamson (1936), Carole Pateman (1940), Lennie James (1965), John Bodkin Adams (1899), Tony Martin (1957), and Paul Kennedy (1945). After him are Tom Baker (1934), Billy Meredith (1874), Edward Charles Howard (1774), Leslie Stephen (1832), Cyril Jackson (1903), and Peter Phillips (1977).

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Among LINGUISTS In United Kingdom

Among linguists born in United Kingdom, John Florio ranks 6. Before him are William Jones (1746), Michael Halliday (1925), Robert Morrison (1782), John Chadwick (1920), and Daniel Jones (1881). After him are Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), Jane Ellen Harrison (1850), James Legge (1815), John Lyons (1932), John Eliot (1604), and Henry Liddell (1811).

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