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John of Salisbury

1110 - 1180

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John of Salisbury (late 1110s – 25 October 1180), who described himself as Johannes Parvus ("John the Little"), was an English author, philosopher, educationalist, diplomat and bishop of Chartres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John of Salisbury has received more than 235,853 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). John of Salisbury is the 380th most popular philosopher (up from 387th in 2019), the 731st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 776th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Philosopher.

John of Salisbury was a medieval scholar and bishop who was most famous for his book Policraticus.

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, John of Salisbury ranks 380 out of 1,267. Before him are Nicephorus Gregoras, Leo Strauss, Ágnes Heller, Gennadius Scholarius, Hilary Putnam, and Masanobu Fukuoka. After him are Plutarch of Athens, Saadia Gaon, Karl Rahner, George Santayana, J. L. Austin, and E. H. Carr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1110, John of Salisbury ranks 3. Before him are Pope Lucius III, and Ibn Tufail. After him are Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia, John Tzetzes, García Ramírez of Navarre, Euphrosyne of Polotsk, Kaykaus I, Robert de Boron, Boril of Bulgaria, Antipope Paschal III, and Rostislav I of Kiev. Among people deceased in 1180, John of Salisbury ranks 3. Before him are Louis VII of France, and Manuel I Komnenos. After him are John Tzetzes, Minamoto no Yorimasa, Al-Mustadi, Soběslav II, Duke of Bohemia, Abraham ibn Daud, Al-Samawal al-Maghribi, Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, Yaroslav II of Kiev, and Prince Mochihito.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John of Salisbury ranks 731 out of 8,785. Before him are Catherine of Lancaster (1373), Mary Quant (1930), David Hockney (1937), Daniel Rutherford (1749), Deborah Kerr (1921), and Patrick White (1912). After him are Jude Law (1972), Alexander R. Todd (1907), James Mill (1773), Ronald Fisher (1890), Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738), and Thomas Mun (1571).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, John of Salisbury ranks 21. Before him are William Godwin (1756), G. E. Moore (1873), Thomas Carlyle (1795), Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), A. S. Neill (1883), and Francis Hutcheson (1694). After him are J. L. Austin (1911), E. H. Carr (1892), Adam Ferguson (1723), H. L. A. Hart (1907), Antony Flew (1923), and Alasdair MacIntyre (1929).

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