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Roger Ascham

1515 - 1568

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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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  • 210k

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  • 44.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Roger Ascham ranks 5,167 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1515, Roger Ascham ranks 26Before 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 20Before him are Garcia de Orta, Lady Katherine Grey, Ashikaga Yoshihide, William Turner, Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen, and Gaspar Becerra.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Ascham ranks 4,085 out of 7,765Before 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).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Roger Ascham ranks 457Before 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).