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Aneirin

525 - 600

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Aneirin (Welsh pronunciation: [aˈnɛirɪn]), also rendered as Aneurin or Neirin and Aneurin Gwawdrydd, was an early Medieval Brythonic war poet who lived during the 6th century. He is believed to have been a bard or court poet in one of the Cumbric kingdoms of the Hen Ogledd, probably that of Gododdin at Edinburgh, in modern Scotland. From the 17th century, he was usually known as Aneurin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aneirin is the 5,360th most popular writer (up from 5,368th in 2019), the 4,271st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,074th in 2019) and the 466th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Aneirin ranks 5,360 out of 7,302. Before him are Narcyza Żmichowska, Jan de Hartog, André Heller, Erico Verissimo, Matthew Henry, and Ramsey Campbell. After him are Wajdi Mouawad, Bo Goldman, Louis Guilloux, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Raymond Schwartz, and Timothy Zahn.

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Among people born in 525, Aneirin ranks 6. Before him are Pope Benedict I, Liuvigild, Antarah ibn Shaddad, Justinian, and Alexander of Tralles.  Among people deceased in 600, Aneirin ranks 22. Before him are David the Invincible, Theodorus Lector, Hesychius of Miletus, Vistahm, Borzuya, and Theodore I Calliopas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Aneirin ranks 4,272 out of 8,785. Before him are Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea (1810), Daisy Edgar-Jones (1998), Thomas Pennant (1726), Roger of Wendover (1200), Ramsey Campbell (1946), and Anthony de la Roché (1700). After him are Catherine McCormack (1972), David Gregory (1659), Tommy Green (1894), Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866), Russell Brand (1975), and Acker Bilk (1929).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Aneirin ranks 466. Before him are Richard D. Ryder (1940), Edward Rutherfurd (1948), Ernest Dowson (1867), Alan Ayckbourn (1939), Michael Frayn (1933), and Ramsey Campbell (1946). After him are Pat Barker (1943), Anne V. Coates (1925), Donald Rayfield (1942), Margery Kempe (1373), M. R. James (1862), and William Cobbett (1763).

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