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Matthew of Edessa

1100 - 1144

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Matthew of Edessa (Armenian: Մատթէոս Ուռհայեցի, romanized: Mattʿēos Uṙhayecʿi; late 11th century – 1144) was an Armenian historian in the 12th century from the city of Edessa. Matthew was the superior abbot of Karmir Vank, near the town of Kaysun, east of Marash (Germanicia), the former seat of Baldwin of Boulogne. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthew of Edessa has received more than 61,489 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Matthew of Edessa is the 159th most popular historian (down from 145th in 2019), the 582nd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 665th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Turkish Historian.

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  • 55.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Matthew of Edessa ranks 159 out of 561. Before him are Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Hisham ibn al-Kalbi, Edward Luttwak, Helmold, Paisius of Hilendar, and Marin Barleti. After him are Ibn al-Faqih, Arnold Toynbee, Hermann Abert, Ibn Wahshiyya, E. P. Thompson, and Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1100, Matthew of Edessa ranks 52. Before him are Antipope Sylvester IV, William V, Marquess of Montferrat, Artuk Bey, Peter Bartholomew, Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg, and Svatopluk, Duke of Bohemia. After him are Roger of Salerno, Leo I, Prince of Armenia, Domenico Selvo, Euphemia of Kiev, Tzachas, and Richilde, Countess of Hainaut. Among people deceased in 1144, Matthew of Edessa ranks 3. Before him are Pope Celestine II, and Al-Zamakhshari. After him are Berenguer Ramon, Count of Provence, and Salomea of Berg.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Matthew of Edessa ranks 582 out of 1,347. Before him are Burak Özçivit (1984), Ali Kemal (1867), Alexios II of Trebizond (1282), Kadi Burhan al-Din (1345), Aëtius of Amida (502), and Maria of Trebizond (1405). After him are Antimachus (-400), Thaddeus of Edessa (100), Akgün Kaçmaz (1935), Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha (1644), Theodore I (1290), and Methodius of Olympus (260).

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Among HISTORIANS In Türkiye

Among historians born in Türkiye, Matthew of Edessa ranks 14. Before him are Ephorus (-400), Eunapius (349), Agatharchides (-208), Michael Attaleiates (1021), Doukas (1400), and Philostorgius (368). After him are Constantine Lascaris (1434), Halil İnalcık (1916), Charles Barbier de Meynard (1826), Cadmus of Miletus (-500), Taner Akçam (1953), and Constantine Paparrigopoulos (1815).

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