1515 - 1568
Roger Ascham (; c. 1515 – 30 December 1568) was an English scholar and didactic writer, famous for his prose style, his promotion of the vernacular, and his theories of education. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Ascham has received more than 206,342 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Ascham is the 5,167th most popular writer (down from 4,520th in 2019), the 4,085th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,495th in 2019) and the 457th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Roger Ascham ranks 5,167 out of 5,755. Before him are Otokar Březina, Bruno Heller, Ismat Chughtai, Ann Coulter, Bahaa Taher, and Azar Nafisi. After him are Alifa Rifaat, Lev Mei, Marie Hankel, Carlo Cassola, Richard Wilbur, and Natália Correia.
1868 - 1929
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 5,161
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 5,162
1915 - 1991
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 5,163
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 5,164
1935 - 2022
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 5,165
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 5,166
1515 - 1568
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 5,167
1930 - 1996
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 5,168
1822 - 1862
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 5,169
1844 - 1929
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 5,170
1917 - 1987
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 5,171
1921 - 2017
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 5,172
1923 - 1993
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 5,173
Among people born in 1515, Roger Ascham ranks 26. Before him are Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, Francisco de Toledo, Giorgio Biandrata, Francisco Hernández de Toledo, and Juan Bautista de Toledo. Among people deceased in 1568, Roger Ascham ranks 20. Before him are Garcia de Orta, Lady Katherine Grey, Ashikaga Yoshihide, William Turner, Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen, and Gaspar Becerra.
1515 - 1568
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 20
1515 - 1540
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 21
1515 - 1582
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 22
1515 - 1588
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 23
1515 - 1587
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 24
1515 - 1567
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 25
1515 - 1568
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 26
1499 - 1568
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 14
1540 - 1568
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 15
1538 - 1568
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 16
1510 - 1568
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 17
1532 - 1568
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 18
1520 - 1568
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 19
1515 - 1568
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 20
Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Ascham ranks 4,085 out of 7,765. Before him are Stephen Moyer (1969), Richard Eyre (1943), Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674), Benjamin Vulliamy (1747), and Saffron Burrows (1972). After him are Archie Panjabi (1972), Andy Mackay (1946), Kevin Whately (1951), Shirley Manson (1966), Jimmy Stewart (1931), and Charles Henry Bartlett (1885).
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 4,079
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 4,080
1864 - 1944
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 4,081
1674 - 1738
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 4,082
1747 - 1811
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 4,083
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 4,084
1515 - 1568
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 4,085
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 4,086
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 4,087
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 4,088
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 4,089
1931 - 2008
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 4,090
1885 - 1968
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 4,091
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Roger Ascham ranks 457. Before him are Jeanette Winterson (1959), Michael Frayn (1933), Alan Woods (1944), Izaak Walton (1593), Frederick Rolfe (1860), and Bruno Heller (1960). After him are Gilbert Adair (1944), Charles Allston Collins (1828), John Clare (1793), Jacqueline Wilson (1945), Val McDermid (1955), and William Michael Rossetti (1829).
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 451
1933 - Present
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 452
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 453
1593 - 1683
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 454
1860 - 1913
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 455
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 456
1515 - 1568
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 457
1944 - 2011
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 458
1828 - 1873
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 459
1793 - 1864
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 460
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 461
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 462
1829 - 1919
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 463