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Dudo of Saint-Quentin

960 - 1026

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Dudo, or Dudon, was a Picard historian, and dean of Saint-Quentin, where he was born in the 960s. He was an erudite scholar and he likely acquired his education in Liège or perhaps Laon. By 987, Dudo had become a canon at St Quentin, the abbacy of which was held by the counts of Vermandois. In that year he was sent on a diplomatic mission to Richard I of Normandy by Albert I, Count of Vermandois, which was successful. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dudo of Saint-Quentin is the 408th most popular historian (down from 293rd in 2019), the 4,413th most popular biography from France (down from 3,521st in 2019) and the 55th most popular French Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Dudo of Saint-Quentin ranks 408 out of 561Before him are Pierre Chaunu, Aleksey Shakhmatov, Friedrich Kittler, Ivan Charota, Eberhard Jäckel, and Joseph Hergenröther. After him are Gerhard Ritter, Neagu Djuvara, Francis Godwin, Lidiya Ponomarenko, Boris Rybakov, and Riane Eisler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 960, Dudo of Saint-Quentin ranks 13Before him are Abu Nasr Mansur, Seongjong of Goryeo, Fulbert of Chartres, Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich, Gershom ben Judah, and Bernward of Hildesheim.  Among people deceased in 1026, Dudo of Saint-Quentin ranks 8Before him are Henry V, Duke of Bavaria, Ulf Jarl, Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou, Otto-William, Count of Burgundy, Theodoric I, Duke of Upper Lorraine, and Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine.

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In France

Among people born in France, Dudo of Saint-Quentin ranks 4,413 out of 6,770Before him are Willy Ronis (1910), Jean-Pierre Wimille (1908), Antoine Duhamel (1925), Michel Maffesoli (1944), André Gaboriaud (1895), and Gilles Perrault (1931). After him are Adelaide of Normandy (1026), Jakob Abbadie (1654), Viktor Lazlo (1960), Valentin Conrart (1603), Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy (1618), and Colette Marchand (1925).

Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Dudo of Saint-Quentin ranks 55Before him are Jérôme Carcopino (1881), Léon Gautier (1832), Ernest Labrousse (1895), Hugo Falcandus (1200), Marc Fumaroli (1932), and Pierre Chaunu (1923). After him are Alain Daniélou (1907), Alain Besançon (1932), René Rémond (1918), Michelle Perrot (1928), Jacques Barzun (1907), and Rémi Mathis (1982).