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Taliesin

518 - 599

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Taliesin ( tal-YES-in, Welsh: [talˈjɛsɪn]; fl. 6th century AD) was an early Brittonic poet of Sub-Roman Britain whose work has possibly survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the Book of Taliesin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taliesin has received more than 751,247 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Taliesin is the 2,049th most popular writer (up from 2,155th in 2019), the 1,612th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,648th in 2019) and the 172nd most popular British Writer.

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  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Taliesin ranks 2,049 out of 5,755. Before him are Paul Adam, Fujiwara no Teika, Joachim Neander, Fred Vargas, Herman Bang, and Richard Adams. After him are Abdul-Qādir Bedil, Friedrich Rückert, William Moulton Marston, Pavel Kohout, Miguel Delibes, and Erich Segal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 518, Taliesin ranks 2. Before him is Radegund. After him are Mataswintha and Saint Mungo. Among people deceased in 599, Taliesin ranks 1. 

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Taliesin ranks 1,612 out of 7,765. Before him are Joe Davis (1901), George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737), Frank P. Ramsey (1903), Thomas Rowlandson (1756), Penelope Wilton (1946), and Richard Adams (1920). After him are Jeff Lynne (1947), Christopher Hitchens (1949), John Henry Poynting (1852), Trevor Howard (1913), Hugh Fraser (1945), and James Cosmo (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Taliesin ranks 172. Before him are Eric Knight (1897), Walter Bagehot (1826), Gerald Gardner (1884), James Herriot (1916), Philip Sidney (1554), and Richard Adams (1920). After him are Frederick Marryat (1792), Kingsley Amis (1922), Patrick O'Brian (1914), Dick Francis (1920), James Hilton (1900), and David Lodge (1935).

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