RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Alcuin

735 - 804

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Alcuin of York (; Latin: Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus; c. 735 – 19 May 804), also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin, was an Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student of Archbishop Ecgbert at York. At the invitation of Charlemagne, he became a leading scholar and teacher at the Carolingian court, where he remained a figure in the 780s and 790s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alcuin is the 500th most popular religious figure (down from 375th in 2019), the 394th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 226th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Religious Figure.

Alcuin was a scholar and theologian from York, England. He was a student of the most famous scholar of the time, the Venerable Bede. Alcuin was also a tutor to Charlemagne. He is most famous for his role in the Carolingian Renaissance.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Alcuin ranks 500 out of 3,187. Before him are Antipope Benedict XIII, Pope Benedict V, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pope Stephen II, Zaynab bint Ali, and Dionysius the Areopagite. After him are John Climacus, Pope Victor II, Eric IX of Sweden, Thomas à Kempis, Charbel Makhlouf, and Vincent of Saragossa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 735, Alcuin ranks 1. After him are Kardam of Bulgaria, and Willehad. Among people deceased in 804, Alcuin ranks 1. After him are Lu Yu, and Giovanni Galbaio.

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    Alcuin

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    735 - 804

    HPI: 73.89

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Lu Yu

    Lu Yu

    WRITER

    733 - 804

    HPI: 66.22

    Rank: 2

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    Giovanni Galbaio

    POLITICIAN

    800 - 804

    HPI: 59.24

    Rank: 3

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alcuin ranks 394 out of 8,785. Before him are David Prowse (1935), Graham Greene (1904), Richard Henderson (1945), Emmeline Pankhurst (1858), M. Stanley Whittingham (1941), and William Hogarth (1697). After him are John Lydon (1956), John Constable (1776), Ian Gillan (1945), Ælfweard of Wessex (904), Daniel Day-Lewis (1957), and Gary Oldman (1958).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Alcuin ranks 6. Before him are Saint Patrick (385), Saint Boniface (680), John Harvard (1607), Saint Ursula (400), and Saint Walpurga (710). After him are William Laud (1573), John Wesley (1703), Thomas Becket (1119), Pope Adrian IV (1100), John Knox (1514), and Edward the Confessor (1003).

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