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Margery Kempe

1373 - Today

Margery Kempe

Margery Kempe (c. 1373 – after 1438) was an English Catholic mystic, known for writing through dictation The Book of Margery Kempe, a work considered by some to be the first autobiography in the English language. Her book chronicles her domestic tribulations, her extensive pilgrimages to holy sites in Europe and the Holy Land, as well as her mystical conversations with God. She is honoured in the Anglican Communion, but has not been canonised as a Catholic saint. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Margery Kempe is the 5,407th most popular writer (down from 5,002nd in 2019), the 4,325th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,672nd in 2019) and the 470th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Margery Kempe ranks 5,407 out of 7,302. Before her are Jean Amrouche, Castro Alves, Karel van de Woestijne, Karl Wilhelm Ramler, Idea Vilariño, and Donald Rayfield. After her are Eugénio de Andrade, Anton Donchev, Virgilio Piñera, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Sida Košutić, and Elmer Rice.

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Jean Amrouche
1906 - 1962
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 5,401
Castro Alves
1847 - 1871
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 5,402
Karel van de Woestijne
1878 - 1929
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 5,403
Karl Wilhelm Ramler
1725 - 1798
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 5,404
Idea Vilariño
1920 - 2009
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 5,405
Donald Rayfield
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 5,406
Margery Kempe
1373 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 5,407
Eugénio de Andrade
1923 - 2005
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 5,408
Anton Donchev
1930 - 2022
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 5,409
Virgilio Piñera
1912 - 1979
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 5,410
Eduardo Acevedo Díaz
1851 - 1921
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 5,411
Sida Košutić
1902 - 1965
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 5,412
Elmer Rice
1892 - 1967
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 5,413

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1373, Margery Kempe ranks 13. Before her are Ernest, Duke of Bavaria, Adolph I, Duke of Cleves, John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, and Sayf al-Din Jaqmaq.

Others Born in 1373

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Ernest, Duke of Bavaria
1373 - 1438
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 7
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
NOBLEMAN
1373 - 1448
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 8
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
POLITICIAN
1373 - 1410
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 9
Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
POLITICIAN
1373 - 1419
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 10
Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
POLITICIAN
1373 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 11
Sayf al-Din Jaqmaq
POLITICIAN
1373 - 1453
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 12
Margery Kempe
WRITER
1373 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 13