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Adam of Bremen

1100 - 1080

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Adam of Bremen (Latin: Adamus Bremensis; German: Adam von Bremen; before 1050 – 12 October 1081/1085) was a German medieval chronicler. He lived and worked in the second half of the eleventh century. Adam is most famous for his chronicle Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum (Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church). He was "one of the foremost historians and early ethnographers of the medieval period". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adam of Bremen is the 41st most popular historian (down from 38th in 2019), the 445th most popular biography from Germany (up from 456th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Historian.

Adam of Bremen was a German historian and archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen. He is most famous for his work "Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum" (Deeds of the Bishops of the Hamburg Church) which he completed in 1075. The work is a history of the Hamburg-Bremen Archbishopric, and includes a history of the Northern Crusades.

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Among historians, Adam of Bremen ranks 41 out of 561. Before him are Ibn Ishaq, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Hippolyte Taine, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Leonardo Bruni, and Jacques Le Goff. After him are Ali ibn al-Athir, Marcus Velleius Paterculus, Erwin Panofsky, Al-Baladhuri, Socrates of Constantinople, and Lucien Febvre.

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Among people born in 1100, Adam of Bremen ranks 9. Before him are Muhammad al-Idrisi, Pope Innocent II, Pope Lucius II, Pope Honorius II, Pope Celestine II, and Ahmad Sanjar. After him are Albert the Bear, Pope Adrian IV, Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, Shirkuh, Duqaq, and Sverker I of Sweden. Among people deceased in 1080, Adam of Bremen ranks 2. Before him is Harald III of Denmark. After him are Rudolf of Rheinfelden, Amadeus II, Count of Savoy, Michael Attaleiates, Kekaumenos, Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois, and Ísleifur Gissurarson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adam of Bremen ranks 445 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick I of Sweden (1676), Karl Drais (1785), Conradin (1252), Hedwig of Silesia (1174), Anselm Kiefer (1945), and Christopher of Bavaria (1416). After him are Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823), Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (1735), Valentinian II (371), Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria (1660), Traudl Junge (1920), and Theodor Schwann (1810).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Adam of Bremen ranks 4. Before him are Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717), Leopold von Ranke (1795), and Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779). After him are Erwin Panofsky (1892), Samuel von Pufendorf (1632), Aby Warburg (1866), Julius Wellhausen (1844), Erich Auerbach (1892), Hermann Alexander Diels (1848), Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876), and Christoph Cellarius (1638).

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