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Thomas Malory

1405 - 1471

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Sir Thomas Malory was an English writer, the author of Le Morte d'Arthur, the classic English-language chronicle of the Arthurian legend, compiled and in most cases translated from French sources. The most popular version of Le Morte d'Arthur was published by the famed London printer William Caxton in 1485. Much of Malory's life history is obscure, but he identified himself as a "knight prisoner", apparently reflecting that he was either a criminal, a prisoner-of-war, or suffering some other type of confinement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Malory has received more than 954,463 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Malory is the 1,045th most popular writer (down from 881st in 2019), the 791st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 718th in 2019) and the 95th most popular British Writer.

Thomas Malory is most famous for writing the Morte d'Arthur, a compilation of tales about King Arthur and his knights.

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  • 950k

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  • 66.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Malory ranks 1,045 out of 7,302. Before him are Marcel Pagnol, D. T. Suzuki, Cai Yan, Thomas Mayne Reid, Chinua Achebe, and Michel Tournier. After him are Emil Ludwig, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Paul Bourget, Emanuel Schikaneder, Giambattista Marino, and Henri Troyat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1405, Thomas Malory ranks 5. Before him are Skanderbeg, Pope Pius II, Gilles de Rais, and John II of Castile. After him are Ulugh Muhammad, Sophia of Halshany, Maria of Trebizond, and Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers. Among people deceased in 1471, Thomas Malory ranks 7. Before him are Henry VI of England, Pope Paul II, Thomas à Kempis, George of Poděbrady, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, and Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy. After him are João Gonçalves Zarco, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, Emperor Go-Hanazono, Otto V, Duke of Brunswick, and Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Malory ranks 791 out of 8,785. Before him are P. D. James (1920), Naomi Watts (1968), Stuart Sutcliffe (1940), Malcolm III of Scotland (1031), Robert FitzRoy (1805), and Robert Peel (1788). After him are Tom Hardy (1977), Leonora Carrington (1917), Tom Conti (1941), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), and Sawney Bean (1600).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Malory ranks 95. Before him are James Hadley Chase (1906), John Fowles (1926), Samuel Richardson (1689), Henry Fielding (1707), Thomas De Quincey (1785), and P. D. James (1920). After him are Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), Diana Wynne Jones (1934), Robert Graves (1895), John Berger (1926), Dylan Thomas (1914), and E. M. Forster (1879).

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