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William Langland

1332 - 1386

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William Langland (; Latin: Willielmus de Langland; c. 1330 – c. 1386) is the presumed author of a work of Middle English alliterative verse generally known as Piers Plowman, an allegory with a complex variety of religious themes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Langland has received more than 399,974 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). William Langland is the 4,185th most popular writer (down from 3,279th in 2019), the 3,003rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,427th in 2019) and the 336th most popular British Writer.

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  • 400k

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  • 56.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Langland ranks 4,185 out of 7,302. Before him are Sahar Khalifeh, Rachid Boudjedra, Miyamoto Yuriko, René Depestre, Leigh Brackett, and Louise Erdrich. After him are Sonny Barger, Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier, Frans Michael Franzén, Almudena Grandes, Dan Andersson, and Wafa Sultan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1332, William Langland ranks 12. Before him are Xu Da, Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Vladislaus II of Opole, Muhammad VI of Granada, Franco Sacchetti, and Pero López de Ayala.  Among people deceased in 1386, William Langland ranks 7. Before him are Charles III of Naples, Leopold III, Duke of Austria, Leonor Teles, Joanna of Bavaria, Dan I of Wallachia, and Jacopo da Bologna. After him is Euphemia de Ross.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Langland ranks 3,003 out of 8,785. Before him are Ronald Lacey (1935), Charles Crichton (1910), Michael Winner (1935), Jack Clayton (1921), Richard Dadd (1817), and Derek Bell (1941). After him are Rowland Hill (1795), Timothy Laurence (1955), Andy Bell (1964), Richard Hooker (1554), John Winthrop (1588), and Henry Raeburn (1756).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Langland ranks 336. Before him are Peter Cheyney (1896), Jackie Collins (1937), Helen Fielding (1958), John Christopher (1922), Susanna Hall (1583), and Sue Townsend (1946). After him are John Winthrop (1588), Walter Map (1140), David Almond (1951), Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823), Anthony Hope (1863), and Richard Pococke (1704).

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