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Michael Glykas

1125 - 1204

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Michael Glykas or Glycas (Greek: Μιχαὴλ Γλυκᾶς) was a 12th-century Byzantine historian, theologian, mathematician, astronomer and poet. He was probably from Corfu and lived in Constantinople. He was a critic of Manuel I Komnenos, and was imprisoned and blinded due to his participation in a conspiracy against the emperor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Glykas has received more than 22,647 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Glykas is the 176th most popular historian (up from 215th in 2019), the 453rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 520th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Greek Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Michael Glykas ranks 176 out of 561. Before him are Ernst Kantorowicz, Karl Krumbacher, Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, Howard Zinn, Charles Diehl, and Anthony Blunt. After him are Joseph Klausner, Pei Songzhi, Steven Runciman, Martino Martini, Antony Beevor, and Simon Dubnow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1125, Michael Glykas ranks 10. Before him are Herrad of Landsberg, Lu You, Otto II, Margrave of Meissen, Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, and Petronilla of Aquitaine. After him are Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen, Conrad of Wittelsbach, and Eystein II of Norway. Among people deceased in 1204, Michael Glykas ranks 16. Before him are Minamoto no Yoriie, Berthold, Duke of Merania, Suleiman II, Marie of Champagne, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji, and Sinjong of Goryeo. After him is Guttorm of Norway.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Michael Glykas ranks 453 out of 1,024. Before him are Glaucias of Taulantii (-335), Victorinus of Pettau (250), Achilles Painter (-470), Nikolaos Plastiras (1883), Metrodorus of Chios (-500), and John Aniston (1933). After him are Diocles (-240), Peter the Patrician (500), Tommy Lee (1962), Dionysios Solomos (1798), Clearchus of Sparta (-401), and Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (1855).

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Among HISTORIANS In Greece

Among historians born in Greece, Michael Glykas ranks 8. Before him are Xenophon (-430), Polybius (-208), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Callisthenes (-360), Theopompus (-400), and Afet İnan (1908). After him are Philochorus (-340), Krste Misirkov (1874), Marsyas of Pella (-400), Helene Ahrweiler (1926), Leo Allatius (1586), and Robert Kagan (1958).

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