WRITER

Margery Kempe

1373 - Today

Margery Kempe

Margery Kempe (c. 1373 – after 1438) was an English Catholic mystic, known for writing through dictation The Book of Margery Kempe, a work considered by some to be the first autobiography in the English language. Her book chronicles her domestic tribulations, her extensive pilgrimages to holy sites in Europe and the Holy Land, as well as her mystical conversations with God. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margery Kempe has received more than 636,672 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Margery Kempe is the 5,003rd most popular writer (down from 4,837th in 2019), the 3,672nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,710th in 2019) and the 420th most popular British Writer.

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640k
Page Views (PV)
54.61
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
19
Languages Editions (L)
2.15
Effective Languages (L*)
3.57
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Margery Kempe ranks 5,003 out of 7,302. Before her are Vladimir Oravsky, José Bergamín, Peter Englund, Henjō, Evgeny Vladimirovich Chetvergov, and Paul van Ostaijen. After her are Paul Mattick, Dany Laferrière, Joseba Sarrionandia, Gabriel Aresti, Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau, and Ramón J. Sender.

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Gabriel Aresti
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HPI: 54.60
Rank: 5,007
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1842 - 1902
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 5,008
Ramón J. Sender
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Rank: 5,009

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1373, Margery Kempe ranks 13. Before her are Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, Adolph I, Duke of Cleves, Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, and Sayf al-Din Jaqmaq.

Others Born in 1373

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Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York
POLITICIAN
1373 - 1415
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 7
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
POLITICIAN
1373 - 1410
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 8
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
NOBLEMAN
1373 - 1448
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 9
Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
POLITICIAN
1373 - 1419
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 10
Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
POLITICIAN
1373 - Present
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 11
Sayf al-Din Jaqmaq
POLITICIAN
1373 - 1453
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 12
Margery Kempe
WRITER
1373 - Present
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 13