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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 19,927 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Michael Glykas is the 215th most popular historian (down from 180th in 2019), the 521st most popular biography from Greece (down from 490th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Greek Historian.

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  • 52.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Michael Glykas ranks 215 out of 339Before him are Philochorus, Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi, William of Malmesbury, Claude Cahen, Christian Gottlob Heyne, and Joseph Klausner. After him are Slobodan Jovanović, Reinhart Dozy, George Buchanan, Karl Krumbacher, Georges Lefebvre, and Peter Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1125, Michael Glykas ranks 12Before him are Lu You, Petronilla of Aquitaine, Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, Eystein II of Norway, and Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen.  Among people deceased in 1204, Michael Glykas ranks 16Before him are Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji, Minamoto no Yoriie, Berthold, Duke of Merania, Suleiman II, Marie of Champagne, and Guttorm of Norway.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Michael Glykas ranks 521 out of 936Before him are Jason of Pherae (-500), Philochorus (-340), Archidamus V (-250), Aristidis Konstantinidis (1900), Teleclus (null), and Faustus Cornelius Sulla (-88). After him are Georgios Rallis (1918), Cleombrotus II (-250), Alcmenes (null), Nikos Skalkottas (1904), Demetrius of Montferrat (1205), and Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark (1904).

Among HISTORIANS In Greece

Among historians born in Greece, Michael Glykas ranks 10Before him are Callisthenes (-360), Theopompus (-400), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Afet İnan (1908), Krste Misirkov (1874), and Philochorus (-340). After him are Leo Allatius (1586), Marsyas of Pella (-400), and Robert Kagan (1958).