HISTORIAN

William of Newburgh

1130 - 1190

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William of Newburgh or Newbury (Latin: Guilelmus Neubrigensis, Wilhelmus Neubrigensis, or Willelmus de Novoburgo. 1136 – 1198), also known as William Parvus, was a 12th-century English historian and Augustinian canon of Anglo-Saxon descent from Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire. William experienced the Jewish pogroms in York in the late 12th century mentioning, "the slaughter was less the work of religious zeal than of bold and covetous men who wrought the business of their own greed". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William of Newburgh has received more than 125,069 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. William of Newburgh is the 482nd most popular historian (down from 411th in 2019), the 4,225th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,309th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular British Historian.

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  • 130k

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  • 45.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, William of Newburgh ranks 482 out of 561. Before him are Sara Ashurbeyli, Christopher Browning, Samuel Eliot Morison, Firishta, Alfred W. Crosby, and N. G. L. Hammond. After him are Richard Overy, Kenneth Clark, Aleks Buda, Henry James Sumner Maine, Irina Antonova, and Orlando Figes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1130, William of Newburgh ranks 26. Before him are Euphrosyne of Kiev, Rurik Rostislavich, Al-Samawal al-Maghribi, Andronikos Doukas Angelos, Archpoet, and Helen of Sweden. After him is Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. Among people deceased in 1190, William of Newburgh ranks 15. Before him are Maria Komnene, Queen of Hungary, Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Theodore Balsamon, Anvari, Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, and Dominicus Gundissalinus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William of Newburgh ranks 4,225 out of 8,785. Before him are Jacqueline Wilson (1945), Amira Casar (1971), Andrew Scott Waugh (1810), John Beazley (1885), Maxi Jazz (1957), and Steve Strange (1959). After him are Ramsey Campbell (1946), Brendan Perry (1959), David Jacobs (1888), Joe Elliott (1959), Michael Grant (1914), and William Friese-Greene (1855).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, William of Newburgh ranks 53. Before him are Donald Nicol (1923), Richard J. Evans (1947), William Robertson (1721), Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), Catharine Macaulay (1731), and N. G. L. Hammond (1907). After him are Richard Overy (1947), Kenneth Clark (1903), Henry James Sumner Maine (1822), Orlando Figes (1959), H. J. R. Murray (1868), and George Grote (1794).

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