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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 874,277 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Thomas Malory is the 882nd most popular writer (down from 788th in 2019), the 718th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 623rd in 2019) and the 87th 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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  • 36

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  • 5.73

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  • 3.39

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Malory ranks 882 out of 5,755Before him are Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Gaius Lucilius, Basava, Vicente Aleixandre, Hans Sachs, and Eugène Scribe. After him are Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Clifford D. Simak, Philostratus, Abraham Abulafia, Wilkie Collins, and Jacques Clément.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1405, Thomas Malory ranks 5Before him are Skanderbeg, Pope Pius II, Gilles de Rais, and John II of Castile. After him are Sophia of Halshany, Ulugh Muhammad, Maria of Trebizond, and Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers. Among people deceased in 1471, Thomas Malory ranks 8Before him are Pope Paul II, Thomas à Kempis, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, George of Poděbrady, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, and Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick. After him are João Gonçalves Zarco, Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, Emperor Go-Hanazono, Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Cristoforo Moro, and Antonio Beccadelli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Malory ranks 718 out of 7,765Before him are Andrew Huxley (1917), Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809), John Kendrew (1917), William Oughtred (1574), Kim Cattrall (1956), and John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924). After him are George Martin (1926), Willibrord (658), John Paul Jones (1946), Ian Paice (1948), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), and Wilkie Collins (1824).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Malory ranks 87Before him are Edgar Wallace (1875), Eleanor Marx (1855), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), James May (1963), H. Rider Haggard (1856), and Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809). After him are Wilkie Collins (1824), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), Samuel Richardson (1689), Bruce Chatwin (1940), Ben Jonson (1572), and John Fowles (1926).