1130 - 1190
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.
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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.
1859 - 1930
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 405
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 406
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 407
1910 - 1977
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 408
1923 - 2003
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 409
1413 - 1482
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 410
1130 - 1190
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 411
1926 - Present
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 412
1825 - 1901
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 413
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 414
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 415
1948 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 416
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 417
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.
1130 - 1187
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 18
1130 - 1214
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 19
1130 - 1185
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 20
1130 - 1165
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 21
1130 - 1185
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 22
1130 - 1176
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 23
1130 - 1190
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 24
1142 - 1190
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 9
1151 - 1190
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 10
1135 - 1190
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 11
1126 - 1190
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 12
1115 - 1190
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 13
1140 - 1190
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 14
1130 - 1190
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 15
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).
1858 - 1916
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 4,312
1912 - 1959
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 4,313
1910 - 1989
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 4,314
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 4,315
1949 - Present
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 4,316
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.50
Rank: 4,317
1130 - 1190
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 4,318
1888 - 1953
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 4,319
1935 - 2019
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 4,320
1943 - Present
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 4,321
1968 - 2017
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 4,322
1618 - 1667
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 4,323
1950 - 2022
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 4,324
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).
1794 - 1871
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 44
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 45
1903 - 1983
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 46
1864 - 1944
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 47
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 48
1923 - 2003
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 49
1130 - 1190
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 50
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 51
1919 - 1999
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 52
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 53
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 54
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 55
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 56