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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 116,867 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). William of Newburgh is the 411th most popular historian (down from 309th in 2019), the 4,318th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,845th in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, William of Newburgh ranks 411 out of 339. Before him are Florian Cajori, Christopher Browning, Robert Service, Carroll Quigley, Donald Nicol, and Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī. After him are Robert Jay Lifton, Albrecht Weber, Timothy D. Snyder, Orlando Figes, Horace Engdahl, and Alessandro Barbero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1130, William of Newburgh ranks 24. Before him are Constantine Manasses, Rurik Rostislavich, Beatrice of Rethel, Archpoet, Andronikos Doukas Angelos, and Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke.  Among people deceased in 1190, William of Newburgh ranks 15. Before him are Godfrey III, Count of Louvain, Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, Anvari, Dominicus Gundissalinus, and Theodore Balsamon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William of Newburgh ranks 4,318 out of 7,765. Before him are Tom Clarke (1858), Leslie Johnson (1912), Jimmy Murphy (1910), Alex Jennings (1957), Richard Thompson (1949), and Michael Caton-Jones (1957). After him are Arthur Berry (1888), Jeremy Kemp (1935), Tony Trimmer (1943), Mark Fisher (1968), Abraham Cowley (1618), and Nicholas Evans (1950).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, William of Newburgh ranks 50. Before him are George Grote (1794), Timothy Garton Ash (1955), Kenneth Clark (1903), Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), Robert Service (1947), and Donald Nicol (1923). After him are Orlando Figes (1959), Lawrence Stone (1919), Richard Overy (1947), Mary Beard (1955), Iain Pears (1955), and Mark Mazower (1958).

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