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Polydore Vergil

1470 - 1555

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Polydore Vergil or Virgil (Italian: Polidoro Virgili, commonly Latinised as Polydorus Vergilius; c. 1470 – 18 April 1555), widely known as Polydore Vergil of Urbino, was an Italian humanist scholar, historian, priest and diplomat, who spent much of his life in England. He is particularly remembered for his works the Proverbiorum libellus (1498), a collection of Latin proverbs; De inventoribus rerum (1499), a history of discoveries and origins; and the Anglica Historia (drafted by 1513; printed in 1534), an influential history of England. He has been dubbed the "Father of English History".Vergil is sometimes referred to in contemporary documents as Polydore Vergil Castellensis or Castellen, leading some to assume that he was a kinsman of his patron, Cardinal Adriano Castellesi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Polydore Vergil has received more than 162,019 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Polydore Vergil is the 5,211th most popular writer (down from 4,323rd in 2019), the 3,747th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,219th in 2019) and the 260th most popular Italian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Polydori Virgilii de Rerum Inventoribus;
2015
The Anglica historia, A.D. 1485-1537
History
1950
Three Books Of Polydore Vergil's English History
History
1968
De rerum inventoribus
Catholic Church, Church history, Civilization
1536
Anglica historia
History, Sources, Middle Ages
1556
Anglical historia
History
1844

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Over the past year Polydore Vergil has had the most page views in the with 21,249 views, followed by Russian (2,212), and German (1,915). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (90.91%), Catalan (66.53%), and Swedish (61.26%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Polydore Vergil ranks 5,211 out of 7,302. Before him are Miklós Jósika, Nikolai Pogodin, Carlos Monsiváis, Louis L'Amour, Leigh Bardugo, and Alexander Shishkov. After him are Theodora Kroeber, Natalya Baranskaya, Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, Serhiy Zhadan, Édouard Chavannes, and Göran Tunström.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1470, Polydore Vergil ranks 28. Before him are Marco Basaiti, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Bernardo Dovizi, Fernão de Loronha, Willibald Pirckheimer, and Daniel Hopfer. After him is Quli Qutb Shah. Among people deceased in 1555, Polydore Vergil ranks 25. Before him are Justus Jonas, Olympia Fulvia Morata, Jan Mostaert, Hugh Latimer, Stephen Gardiner, and Nicholas Ridley.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Polydore Vergil ranks 3,747 out of 5,161. Before him are Edmondo Fabbri (1921), Aldo Aureggi (1931), Cesare Burali-Forti (1861), Savino Guglielmetti (1911), Renzo De Vecchi (1894), and Fernando De Napoli (1964). After him are Tina Anselmi (1927), Maria Cosway (1760), Giuseppina Leone (1934), Franco Bertinetti (1923), Gianni De Michelis (1940), and Marcella Bella (1952).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Polydore Vergil ranks 260. Before him are Vittoria Aganoor (1855), Nino Martoglio (1870), Edoardo Sanguineti (1930), Laura Cereta (1469), Riccardo Bacchelli (1891), and Gesualdo Bufalino (1920). After him are Alexis (-372), Carlo Cassola (1917), Aleardo Aleardi (1812), Simon Gregorčič (1844), Giuseppe Giusti (1809), and Aldo Palazzeschi (1885).

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