HISTORIAN

William of Tyre

1130 - 1186

William of Tyre

William of Tyre (Latin: Willelmus Tyrensis; c. 1130 – 29 September 1186) was a medieval prelate and chronicler. As archbishop of Tyre, he is sometimes known as William II to distinguish him from his predecessor, William I, the Englishman, a former prior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, who was Archbishop of Tyre from 1127 to 1135. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William of Tyre has received more than 359,086 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). William of Tyre is the 17th most popular historian (up from 35th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Israel (up from 61st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Israeli Historian.

William of Tyre was a medieval historian and archbishop of Tyre. He is most famous for writing a history of the crusades, known as the "Historia Rerum in Partibus Transmarinis Gestarum" or "History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea".

Memorability Metrics

360k
Page Views (PV)
71.25
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
43
Languages Editions (L)
12.59
Effective Languages (L*)
2.09
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, William of Tyre ranks 17 out of 561. Before him are Alexis de Tocqueville, Diodorus Siculus, Hecataeus of Miletus, Manetho, Thomas Kuhn, and Mircea Eliade. After him are Cassius Dio, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Arnold J. Toynbee, Leopold von Ranke, Procopius, and Ibn Kathir.

Most Popular Historians in Wikipedia

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Alexis de Tocqueville
1805 - 1859
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 11
Diodorus Siculus
90 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 12
Hecataeus of Miletus
550 BC - 476 BC
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 13
Manetho
201 BC - 160 BC
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 14
Thomas Kuhn
1922 - 1996
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 15
Mircea Eliade
1907 - 1986
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 16
William of Tyre
1130 - 1186
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 17
Cassius Dio
155 - 235
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 18
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
1717 - 1768
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 19
Arnold J. Toynbee
1889 - 1975
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 20
Leopold von Ranke
1795 - 1886
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 21
Procopius
500 - 560
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 22
Ibn Kathir
1301 - 1373
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 23

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1130, William of Tyre ranks 2. Before him is Zhu Xi. After him are Pope Clement III, Baldwin III of Jerusalem, Saint Rosalia, Géza II of Hungary, Toghrul, Rashid ad-Din Sinan, Benjamin of Tudela, Charles VII of Sweden, Akka Mahadevi, and Magnus II of Sweden. Among people deceased in 1186, William of Tyre ranks 1. After him are Baldwin V of Jerusalem, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Euphrosyne of Kiev, Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen, and Robert of Torigni.

Others Born in 1130

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Zhu Xi
PHILOSOPHER
1130 - 1200
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 1
William of Tyre
HISTORIAN
1130 - 1186
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 2
Pope Clement III
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1130 - 1191
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 3
Baldwin III of Jerusalem
POLITICIAN
1130 - 1163
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 4
Saint Rosalia
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1130 - 1166
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 5
Géza II of Hungary
POLITICIAN
1130 - 1162
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 6
Toghrul
POLITICIAN
1130 - 1203
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 7
Rashid ad-Din Sinan
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1130 - 1192
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 8
Benjamin of Tudela
EXPLORER
1130 - 1173
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 9
Charles VII of Sweden
POLITICIAN
1130 - 1167
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 10
Akka Mahadevi
WRITER
1130 - 1101
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 11
Magnus II of Sweden
POLITICIAN
1130 - 1161
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1186

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William of Tyre
HISTORIAN
1130 - 1186
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 1
Baldwin V of Jerusalem
POLITICIAN
1177 - 1186
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 2
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
POLITICIAN
1158 - 1186
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 3
Euphrosyne of Kiev
COMPANION
1130 - 1186
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 4
Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen
POLITICIAN
1125 - 1186
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 5
Robert of Torigni
WRITER
1100 - 1186
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 6