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William Camden

1551 - 1623

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William Camden (2 May 1551 – 9 November 1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of Britannia, the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Annales, the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Camden has received more than 248,736 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). William Camden is the 13,657th most popular politician (down from 12,872nd in 2019), the 3,519th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,624th in 2019) and the 469th most popular British Politician.

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  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Camden ranks 13,657 out of 15,577. Before him are Amda Seyon I, Seán T. O'Kelly, Yossi Beilin, Jan Černý, J. William Fulbright, and Seuthes II. After him are Elaine Chao, Evangelos Venizelos, Ptolemaeus of Commagene, Bainbridge Colby, José María Castro Madriz, and Pascual Madoz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1551, William Camden ranks 8. Before him are Giulio Caccini, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Fausto Veranzio, Ğazı II Giray, and Giovanni I Cornaro. After him are Robert Peake the Elder and John Speed. Among people deceased in 1623, William Camden ranks 16. Before him are Uesugi Kagekatsu, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Philippe de Mornay, Paolo Sarpi, and Antonio Priuli. After him is Thomas Weelkes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Camden ranks 3,519 out of 7,765. Before him are Henry Shrapnel (1761), Stanley Holloway (1890), Myra Hess (1890), Herbert Marshall (1890), Amira Casar (1971), and Simon McBurney (1957). After him are William Sterndale Bennett (1816), Kelly Macdonald (1976), Albert Lee (1943), Lesley Nicol (1953), Michael Portillo (1953), and Margery Allingham (1904).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Camden ranks 469. Before him are Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887), George W. Campbell (1769), Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341), Florence Green (1901), Amlaíb Cuarán (1000), and Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841). After him are Michael Portillo (1953), Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872), Roy Jenkins (1920), Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628), Alan Bullock (1914), and John Julius Norwich (1929).

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