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Ælfric of Eynsham

955 - 1020

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Ælfric of Eynsham (Old English: Ælfrīc; Latin: Alfricus, Elphricus; c. 955 – c. 1010) was an English abbot and a student of Æthelwold of Winchester, and a consummate, prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homilies, biblical commentaries, and other genres. He is also known variously as Ælfric the Grammarian (Alfricus Grammaticus), Ælfric of Cerne, and Ælfric the Homilist. In the view of Peter Hunter Blair, he was "a man comparable both in the quantity of his writings and in the quality of his mind even with Bede himself." According to Claudio Leonardi, he "represented the highest pinnacle of Benedictine reform and Anglo-Saxon literature". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ælfric of Eynsham is the 5,011th most popular writer (up from 5,234th in 2019), the 3,945th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,938th in 2019) and the 425th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Ælfric of Eynsham ranks 5,011 out of 7,302. Before him are John O'Hara, Viivi Luik, Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Archpoet, Mikalojus Daukša, and León Felipe. After him are Isabel Briggs Myers, Dmitry Furmanov, Rod Serling, Jan Kasprowicz, Jean Cayrol, and Jean Aicard.

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Among people born in 955, Ælfric of Eynsham ranks 9. Before him are Gyeongjong of Goryeo, Al-Aziz Billah, Yaropolk I of Kiev, Arduin of Ivrea, Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia, and Lutgardis of Luxemburg.  Among people deceased in 1020, Ælfric of Eynsham ranks 11. Before him are Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, Åsta Gudbrandsdatter, Melus of Bari, Trdat, Malusha, and Gagik I of Armenia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ælfric of Eynsham ranks 3,946 out of 8,785. Before him are Grace Chisholm Young (1868), Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628), Robert Lindsay (1890), Wilfrid Hyde-White (1903), Michael Winner (1935), and Billy Hughes (1862). After him are Fred Frith (1949), Mary Garden (1874), Mortimer Wheeler (1890), Georges Passerieu (1885), Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet (1800), and Leo Sayer (1948).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ælfric of Eynsham ranks 425. Before him are Eva Crane (1912), Anna Löwenstein (1951), Cynewulf (900), W. W. Jacobs (1863), George Borrow (1803), and Fay Weldon (1931). After him are Henry of Huntingdon (1080), Robert Hugh Benson (1871), Richard Bentley (1662), Nicholas Evans (1950), Kim Newman (1959), and Margery Allingham (1904).

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