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Widukind of Corvey

925 - 980

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Widukind of Corvey (c. 925 – after 973; German: Widukind von Corvey, in italian Vitichindo Sacco di Corvey, in Latin VVITICHINDI SAXO) was a medieval Saxon chronicler. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Widukind of Corvey has received more than 73,062 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Widukind of Corvey is the 1,308th most popular writer (up from 1,362nd in 2019), the 1,327th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,413th in 2019) and the 84th most popular German Writer.

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  • 73k

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  • 59.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Widukind of Corvey ranks 1,308 out of 7,302. Before him are Danielle Steel, Maurice Barrès, Michel Verne, Eleanor H. Porter, Alfonsina Storni, and Ken Kesey. After him are Lina Heydrich, Marcus Garvey, Hunter S. Thompson, Bei Dao, Khaled al-Asaad, and Matteo Bandello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 925, Widukind of Corvey ranks 4. Before him are Gwangjong of Goryeo, John I Tzimiskes, and Bruno the Great. After him are Conrad I of Burgundy, Judith, Duchess of Bavaria, and Basil Lekapenos. Among people deceased in 980, Widukind of Corvey ranks 2. Before him is Yaropolk I of Kiev. After him are Movses Kaghankatvatsi, Gunnhild, Mother of Kings, Thorvald Asvaldsson, Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi, and Herbert III of Omois.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Widukind of Corvey ranks 1,327 out of 7,253. Before him are Gerhard Ludwig Müller (1947), Max Amann (1891), Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont (1704), Karl von Habsburg (1961), Hermann Lotze (1817), and Rudolf Brandt (1909). After him are Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden (1790), Alexander von Kluck (1846), Lina Heydrich (1911), Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin (1673), Henry of Latvia (1187), and Anna Maria of the Palatinate (1561).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Widukind of Corvey ranks 84. Before him are Theodor Storm (1817), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), Wilhelm Weitling (1808), Siegfried Kracauer (1889), and Jakob Wassermann (1873). After him are Lina Heydrich (1911), Kurt Tucholsky (1890), Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736), Joachim Fest (1926), Hartmann Schedel (1440), and Hartmann von Aue (1160).

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