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Eadmer

1060 - 1120

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Eadmer or Edmer (; c. 1060 – c. 1126), also known as Eadmer of Canterbury OSB (Latin: Eadmerus Cantuariensis) was an English historian, theologian, and ecclesiastic. He is known for being a contemporary biographer of his archbishop and companion, Saint Anselm, in his Vita Anselmi, and chronicler in his Historia novorum in Anglia, which presents the public face of Anselm. Eadmer's history is written to support the primacy of the see of Canterbury over York, a central concern for Anselm. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eadmer is the 463rd most popular historian (down from 421st in 2019). (down from 3,925th in 2019)

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Among historians, Eadmer ranks 463 out of 561. Before him are David Marshall Lang, Michael Aris, Charles Homer Haskins, Mary Beard, Aron Gurevich, and Anvar Chingizoglu. After him are Mikhail Artamonov, Herwig Wolfram, Irina Antonova, Stanley Morison, René Rémond, and Richard J. Evans.

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Among people born in 1060, Eadmer ranks 20. Before him are Gerberga, Countess of Provence, Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen, Richard of Salerno, Gertrude of Brunswick, Ava, and Konstantios Doukas. After him are Symeon of Durham, and Ranulf Flambard. Among people deceased in 1120, Eadmer ranks 8. Before him are William Adelin, Albert of Aix, Ingegerd of Norway, Welf II, Duke of Bavaria, Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut, and Bahya ibn Paquda.

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