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Saxo Grammaticus

1150 - 1220

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Saxo Grammaticus (c. 1150 – c. 1220), also known as Saxo cognomine Longus, was a Danish historian, theologian and author. He is thought to have been a clerk or secretary to Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, the main advisor to Valdemar I of Denmark. He is the author of the Gesta Danorum, the first full history of Denmark, from which the legend of Amleth would come to inspire the story of Hamlet by Shakespeare. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saxo Grammaticus is the 32nd most popular historian (down from 27th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 43rd in 2019) and the most popular Danish Historian.

Saxo Grammaticus is most famous for his book "Gesta Danorum" which is a collection of stories about the history of Denmark.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Saxo Grammaticus ranks 32 out of 561. Before him are Arnold J. Toynbee, Bede, Johan Huizinga, Ibn Kathir, Edward Gibbon, and Jacob Burckhardt. After him are Eric Hobsbawm, Marc Bloch, Ibn Ishaq, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Hippolyte Taine, and Quintus Curtius Rufus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1150, Saxo Grammaticus ranks 4. Before him are Guy of Lusignan, Qutb al-Din Aibak, and Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat. After him are Arnaut Daniel, Robert IV of Sablé, Geoffrey of Villehardouin, Canute I of Sweden, Roman the Great, Leo I, King of Armenia, Peter II of Bulgaria, and Kaykhusraw I. Among people deceased in 1220, Saxo Grammaticus ranks 2. Before him is Muhammad II of Khwarazm. After him are Attar of Nishapur, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Agnes of France, Byzantine Empress, Alys of France, Countess of Vexin, Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal, Richeza of Denmark, Kaykaus I, Andreas Capellanus, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg, and Giraut de Bornelh.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Saxo Grammaticus ranks 48 out of 1,032. Before him are Valdemar II of Denmark (1170), Lili Elbe (1882), Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770), Frederick III of Denmark (1609), Victor Borge (1909), and Valdemar IV of Denmark (1320). After him are Olaf I of Denmark (1050), Frederick VII of Denmark (1808), Nicolai Abildgaard (1743), Carl Nielsen (1865), Henrik Dam (1895), and Frederick II of Denmark (1534).

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Among HISTORIANS In Denmark

Among historians born in Denmark, Saxo Grammaticus ranks 1. After him are Patricia Crone (1945).

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