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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 103,515 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Henryson is the 5,913th most popular writer.

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  • 15

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  • 2.15

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  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Henryson ranks 5,913 out of 5,755Before him are Mitch Albom, Michael Goldenberg, Philip Freneau, Henry Green, P. J. O'Rourke, and J. P. Donleavy. After him are David Foenkinos, Arkady Babchenko, Johanna Sinisalo, Shan Sa, Anthony Boucher, and Peter Stamm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1425, Robert Henryson ranks 12Before him are John II, Duke of Lorraine, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Vlad Călugărul, Frederick I, Elector Palatine, Simon Marmion, and Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden.  Among people deceased in 1506, Robert Henryson ranks 13Before him are Sultan Husayn Bayqara, Sesshū Tōyō, Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, Alexander Agricola, Sancha of Aragon, and João I of Kongo.

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