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Notker the Stammerer

840 - 912

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Notker the Stammerer (c. 840 – 6 April 912), Notker Balbulus, or simply Notker, was a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint Gall active as a composer, poet and scholar. Described as "a significant figure in the Western Church", Notker made substantial contributions to both the music and literature of his time. He is usually credited with two major works of the Carolingian period: the Liber Hymnorum, which includes an important collection of early musical sequences, and an early biography of Charlemagne, the Gesta Karoli Magni. His other works include a biography of Saint Gall known as the Vita Sancti Galli and a martyrology, among others. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Notker the Stammerer is the 1,675th most popular writer (up from 1,756th in 2019), the 174th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 179th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Swiss Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Notker the Stammerer ranks 1,675 out of 7,302. Before him are Marquis de Custine, Antonio de Nebrija, Miklós Zrínyi, Arnaldur Indriðason, Marcel Achard, and Thoinot Arbeau. After him are Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Dean Koontz, James Oliver Curwood, Akiyuki Nosaka, Vita Sackville-West, and Varro Atacinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 840, Notker the Stammerer ranks 6. Before him are Pope Theodore II, Michael III, Clement of Ohrid, Svatopluk I of Moravia, and Richardis. After him are Wilfred the Hairy, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, Eudokia Ingerina, Hucbald, and Unruoch III of Friuli. Among people deceased in 912, Notker the Stammerer ranks 8. Before him are Leo VI the Wise, Otto I, Duke of Saxony, Ibn Khordadbeh, Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, Rudolph I of Burgundy, and Zhu Wen. After him are Smbat I of Armenia, and Ahmad ibn Yusuf.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Notker the Stammerer ranks 174 out of 1,015. Before him are Jaime, Duke of Madrid (1870), Emer de Vattel (1714), Peter Sauber (1943), Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1919), Carlo Fontana (1638), and Grock (1880). After him are Charles Dutoit (1936), Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (1938), Alain Tanner (1929), Walter H. Schottky (1886), Édouard Claparède (1873), and Louis of Cyprus (1436).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Notker the Stammerer ranks 20. Before him are Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz (1878), Rodolphe Töpffer (1799), Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905), Alfonsina Storni (1892), Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779), and Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698). After him are Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825), Jean Starobinski (1920), Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), Emma Jung (1882), Johann Peter Hebel (1760), and Heinrich Glarean (1488).

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