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Taliesin

518 - 599

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Taliesin ( tal-YES-in, Welsh: [talˈjɛsɪn]; fl. 6th century AD) was an early Brittonic poet of Sub-Roman Britain whose work has possibly survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the Book of Taliesin. Taliesin was a renowned bard who is believed to have sung at the courts of at least three kings. Taliesin means "shining brow" in Welsh. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Taliesin is the 2,786th most popular writer (down from 2,382nd in 2019), the 2,321st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,766th in 2019) and the 258th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Taliesin ranks 2,786 out of 7,302. Before him are Sextus Pompeius Festus, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Salama Moussa, Countess of Ségur, Shakuntala Devi, and Lars Norén. After him are Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Vince Gilligan, Nemesianus, Ada Negri, Vilis Lācis, and Ibn Manzur.

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Among people born in 518, Taliesin ranks 3. Before him are Radegund, and Mataswintha. After him is Saint Mungo. Among people deceased in 599, Taliesin ranks 1. 

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    Taliesin

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    518 - 599

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Taliesin ranks 2,321 out of 8,785. Before him are Jim Carter (1948), Roger Byrne (1929), Thomas Otway (1652), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), Peter Crouch (1981), and Robert Maynard (1684). After him are Geoffrey Hughes (1944), George Frederic Watts (1817), Sarah Miles (1941), William Kent (1685), Robert Kerr (1755), and John Webster (1578).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Taliesin ranks 258. Before him are Branwell Brontë (1817), George Herbert (1593), J. B. Priestley (1894), Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), Leonard Woolf (1880), and Thomas Otway (1652). After him are Robert Kerr (1755), John Webster (1578), Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743), John Evelyn (1620), Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810), and Aelred of Rievaulx (1110).

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