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John Mandeville

1300 - 1372

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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, commonly known as Mandeville's Travels, is a book written between 1357 and 1371 that purports to be the travel memoir of an Englishman named Sir John Mandeville across the Islamic world as far as India and China. The earliest-surviving text is in French, followed by translations into many other languages; the work acquired extraordinary popularity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Mandeville has received more than 355,844 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). John Mandeville is the 2,527th most popular writer (down from 2,120th in 2019), the 1,864th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,641st in 2019) and the 205th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Mandeville ranks 2,527 out of 7,302. Before him are T. H. White, Praxilla, Bernard Werber, Margaret Fuller, Heinrich Hoffmann, and John Edward Williams. After him are Jung Chang, Heinz G. Konsalik, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1300, John Mandeville ranks 42. Before him are Giovanni Dandolo, Talabuga, Andrea Contarini, Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr, Peter of Dusburg, and Lorenzo Tiepolo. After him are Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Thomas Bérard, Waleran IV, Duke of Limburg, Mitso Asen of Bulgaria, Thomas Bradwardine, and Petrus de Cruce. Among people deceased in 1372, John Mandeville ranks 3. Before him are Shi Nai'an, and Isabella, Countess of Vertus. After him are John II, Marquis of Montferrat, and Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Mandeville ranks 1,864 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Joughin (1878), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg (1184), Mark of Cornwall (480), Roger Fry (1866), and Arthur Percival (1887). After him are Max Mallowan (1904), Cyril Jackson (1903), James Blunt (1974), Prasutagus (50), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), and David Coulthard (1971).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Mandeville ranks 205. Before him are William Beckford (1760), Dick Francis (1920), Christopher Priest (1943), Richard Adams (1920), Peter Shaffer (1926), and Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878). After him are Noël Coward (1899), David Lodge (1935), Ouida (1839), John Aubrey (1626), Arthur Young (1741), and Penelope Fitzgerald (1916).

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