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Robert Henryson

1425 - 1506

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Robert Henryson (Middle Scots: Robert Henrysoun) was a poet who flourished in Scotland in the period c. 1460–1500. Counted among the Scots makars, he lived in the royal burgh of Dunfermline and is a distinctive voice in the Northern Renaissance at a time when the culture was on a cusp between medieval and renaissance sensibilities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Henryson has received more than 109,739 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Henryson is the 6,569th most popular writer (down from 5,890th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The testament of Cresseid
Poetry, Cressida (Fictitious character), Scottish poetry
1663
The Moral Fables of Robert Henryson
2018
Poems
Poetry, Scottish Fables, Animals
1906
Poems and fables
1933
The poems and fables of Robert Henryson
1865
The testament of Cresseid
Poetry (poetic works by one author), Cressida (Fictitious character), Poetry
1951

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Henryson ranks 6,569 out of 7,302. Before him are Michael Pollan, Irving Finkel, Ali Sardar Jafri, Mo Hayder, Gregory S. Paul, and R. S. Thomas. After him are John Stossel, Judith Hermann, Phil Donahue, Annie Dillard, Josephine Johnson, and Terence Winter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1425, Robert Henryson ranks 14. Before him are Vlad Călugărul, John II, Duke of Lorraine, Frederick I, Elector Palatine, Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Simon Marmion, and William IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.  Among people deceased in 1506, Robert Henryson ranks 13. Before him are Sultan Husayn Bayqara, Sesshū Tōyō, Alexander Agricola, Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, Sancha of Aragon, and João I of Kongo.

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