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John of Worcester

1100 - 1200

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John of Worcester (died c. 1140) was an English monk and chronicler who worked at Worcester Priory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John of Worcester has received more than 76,695 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John of Worcester is the 5,838th most popular writer (down from 5,249th in 2019), the 4,610th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,210th in 2019) and the 519th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 77k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Book of Psalms
Bible, Commentaries
1870
A discourse concerning publick oaths, and the lawfulness of swearing in judicial proceedings
1662
Immortality
English Sermons, Future life
1869
An historical & topographical account of Leominster, and it's vicinity
1795
Light on the book trade
Book industries and trade, Books, Congresses
2004
Iera dakrua
1659

Page views of John of Worcesters by language

Over the past year John of Worcester has had the most page views in the with 9,546 views, followed by French (1,303), and Russian (1,185). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (58.65%), Latin (46.59%), and Galician (45.35%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John of Worcester ranks 5,838 out of 7,302. Before him are Sven Delblanc, Mirdza Ķempe, M. Scott Peck, Peter Hacks, Wadih Sa'adeh, and Hannu Salama. After him are Louise Bennett-Coverley, Akiva Goldsman, Robinson Jeffers, Zoltán Ambrus, Colum McCann, and Giorgio Faletti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1100, John of Worcester ranks 97. Before him are Robert of Torigni, Ottokar I of Styria, Adalbero of Styria, Antipope Theodoric, Owain Gwynedd, and Leo Tornikios.  Among people deceased in 1200, John of Worcester ranks 21. Before him are William of Apulia, Ioane Petritsi, Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim, Christina Hvide, Hugo Falcandus, and Dharanindravarman II. After him is Hugh of Lincoln.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John of Worcester ranks 4,610 out of 8,785. Before him are Gilbert Walker (1868), Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868), Alister McGrath (1953), Phil Collen (1957), Spottiswoode Aitken (1868), and Adela Pankhurst (1885). After him are Sylvia Syms (1934), Peter Arundell (1933), Allan Williams (1930), Frederick Holman (1885), Mark Williams (1975), and Yvonne Blake (1940).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John of Worcester ranks 519. Before him are James Herbert (1943), Walter de la Mare (1873), John Masefield (1878), Simon Sebag Montefiore (1965), Thomas Linacre (1460), and Thomas Campbell (1777). After him are Arthur Symons (1865), Charles Mackay (1814), Malcolm Bradbury (1932), John Wain (1925), David Garnett (1892), and Stephen Leacock (1869).

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