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Walter Map

1140 - 1210

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Walter Map (Latin: Gualterius Mappus; 1130 – c. 1210) was a medieval writer. He wrote De nugis curialium, which takes the form of a series of anecdotes of people and places, offering insights into the history of his time. Map was a courtier of King Henry II of England, who sent him on missions to Louis VII of France and to Pope Alexander III. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Map has received more than 86,935 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Walter Map is the 3,184th most popular writer (down from 3,019th in 2019), the 2,378th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,248th in 2019) and the 274th most popular British Writer.

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  • 17

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  • 5.09

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  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Walter Map ranks 3,184 out of 5,755Before him are Philippe Jaccottet, Pierre Gamarra, Tibor Déry, Charles Pinot Duclos, Sven Aggesen, and Salama Moussa. After him are Chariton, Eutychius of Alexandria, Dámaso Alonso, Kan Kikuchi, Elbert Hubbard, and Nevil Shute.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1140, Walter Map ranks 14Before him are Bernhard, Count of Anhalt, Peire Vidal, William of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile, Michael Choniates, and Xin Qiji. After him is Theodore Balsamon. Among people deceased in 1210, Walter Map ranks 7Before him are Qutb al-Din Aibak, Arnaut Daniel, Geoffrey of Villehardouin, Hartmann von Aue, Sverker II of Sweden, and Lu You. After him is Philippa of Armenia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Walter Map ranks 2,378 out of 7,765Before him are Tania Mallet (1941), Peg Entwistle (1908), W. Ross Ashby (1903), Robert T. A. Innes (1861), Claude Choules (1901), and John Hick (1922). After him are Henry Peach Robinson (1830), James Nasmyth (1808), Nevil Shute (1899), Al Stewart (1945), John Terry (1980), and Stephen Hendry (1969).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Walter Map ranks 274Before him are John Evelyn (1620), Charles Kingsley (1819), Branwell Brontë (1817), Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893), Lytton Strachey (1880), and Ford Madox Ford (1873). After him are Nevil Shute (1899), Rupert Brooke (1887), Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), Josephine Tey (1896), Peter Cheyney (1896), and William Langland (1332).