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Michael Scot

1175 - 1232

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Michael Scot (Latin: Michael Scotus; 1175 – c. 1232) was a Scottish mathematician and scholar in the Middle Ages. He was educated at Oxford and Paris, and worked in Bologna and Toledo, where he learned Arabic. His patron was Frederick II of the Holy Roman Empire and Scot served as science adviser and court astrologer to him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Scot has received more than 238,890 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Michael Scot is the 24th most popular occultist (up from 27th in 2019), the 1,248th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,420th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Occultist.

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  • 63.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among OCCULTISTS

Among occultists, Michael Scot ranks 24 out of 41. Before him are Erik Jan Hanussen, Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Robert Fludd, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, and Stanislas de Guaita. After him are Franz Bardon, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Nina Kulagina, Alice Bailey, and Algernon Blackwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1175, Michael Scot ranks 9. Before him are Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Raymond of Penyafort, Agnes of Merania, Robert Grosseteste, Comtessa de Dia, and Frederick I, Duke of Austria. After him are Albert I, Duke of Saxony, Alexander of Hales, Margaret of Hungary, Yolanda of Flanders, and Roger III of Sicily. Among people deceased in 1232, Michael Scot ranks 2. Before him is Tolui. After him are Rudolf II, Count of Habsburg, Peire de Montagut, and Idris al-Ma'mun.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Scot ranks 1,248 out of 8,785. Before him are Anthony Daniels (1946), Gildas (500), Jack Bruce (1943), Glenn Tipton (1947), Frank Lampard (1978), and Alan Shearer (1970). After him are Thomas Reid (1710), Martin Lowry (1874), Mike Hailwood (1940), Charles Rolls (1877), Robert Adam (1728), and Frank Williams (1942).

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Among OCCULTISTS In United Kingdom

Among occultists born in United Kingdom, Michael Scot ranks 5. Before him are John Dee (1527), Aleister Crowley (1875), Edward Kelley (1555), and Robert Fludd (1574). After him are Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), Alice Bailey (1880), Algernon Blackwood (1869), Elias Ashmole (1617), Dion Fortune (1890), and Israel Regardie (1907).

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