WRITER

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 88,265 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John of Worcester is the 5,839th most popular writer (down from 5,249th in 2019), the 4,611th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,210th in 2019) and the 519th most popular British Writer.

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  • 88k

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  • 52.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John of Worcester ranks 5,839 out of 7,302Before 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 97Before him are Robert of Torigni, Ottokar I of Styria, Adalbero of Styria, Antipope Theodoric, Owain Gwynedd, and Leo Tornikios. After him is Wu Yu. Among people deceased in 1200, John of Worcester ranks 21Before 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 4,611 out of 8,785Before 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).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John of Worcester ranks 519Before 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).