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Gerald of Wales

1146 - 1201

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Gerald of Wales (Latin: Giraldus Cambrensis; Welsh: Gerallt Cymro; French: Gerald de Barri; c. 1146 – c. 1223) was a Cambro-Norman priest and historian. As a royal clerk to the king and two archbishops, he travelled widely and wrote extensively. He studied and taught in France and visited Rome several times, meeting the Pope. He was nominated for several bishoprics but turned them down in the hope of becoming Bishop of St Davids, but was unsuccessful despite considerable support. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerald of Wales is the 297th most popular historian (down from 232nd in 2019), the 2,770th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,183rd in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Gerald of Wales ranks 297 out of 561. Before him are Yahya of Antioch, Juan de Mariana, Marin Drinov, Quentin Skinner, Agnes Arber, and Lyubomir Miletich. After him are Vardan Areveltsi, Ubbo Emmius, Marc Ferro, Tom Segev, Gustave Lanson, and Efraim Zuroff.

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Among people born in 1146, Gerald of Wales ranks 3. Before him are William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and Conrad of Montferrat.  Among people deceased in 1201, Gerald of Wales ranks 12. Before him are Bohemond III of Antioch, Igor Svyatoslavich, Walter of Châtillon, Constance, Duchess of Brittany, Bolesław I the Tall, and Elena Asenina of Bulgaria. After him is Irene Komnene Doukaina.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gerald of Wales ranks 2,771 out of 8,785. Before him are Bob Peck (1945), Agnes Arber (1879), Marion Chesney (1936), Arthur Wynne (1871), William Stukeley (1687), and Phil Read (1939). After him are Steve Jackson (1951), Patrick Gordon (1635), John Gilbert Baker (1834), Peggy Ashcroft (1907), Jojo Moyes (1969), and Jimmy Somerville (1961).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Gerald of Wales ranks 30. Before him are A. H. M. Jones (1904), John Foxe (1516), Timothy Garton Ash (1955), George Buchanan (1506), Quentin Skinner (1940), and Agnes Arber (1879). After him are Paul Kennedy (1945), Christopher Hill (1912), A. J. P. Taylor (1906), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), Edward Granville Browne (1862), and Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914).

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