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Thomas Malory

1405 - 1471

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Sir Thomas Malory was an English writer, the author of Le Morte d'Arthur, the classic English-language chronicle of the Arthurian legend, compiled and in most cases translated from French sources. The most popular version of Le Morte d'Arthur was published by the famed London printer William Caxton in 1485. Much of Malory's life history is obscure, but he identified himself as a "knight prisoner", apparently reflecting that he was either a criminal, a prisoner-of-war, or suffering some other type of confinement. Malory's identity has never been confirmed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Malory is the 1,036th most popular writer (up from 1,044th in 2019), the 959th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 791st in 2019) and the 104th most popular British Writer.

Thomas Malory is most famous for writing the Morte d'Arthur, a compilation of tales about King Arthur and his knights.

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Among writers, Thomas Malory ranks 1,036 out of 7,302. Before him are Sergio Badilla Castillo, Robert van Gulik, Raymond Radiguet, Giambattista Marino, August Kubizek, and Lafcadio Hearn. After him are August von Kotzebue, John Malalas, Božena Němcová, Charles De Coster, Edmund Spenser, and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.

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Among people born in 1405, Thomas Malory ranks 5. Before him are Skanderbeg, Pope Pius II, Gilles de Rais, and John II of Castile. After him are Maria of Trebizond, Ulugh Muhammad, Sophia of Halshany, and Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers. Among people deceased in 1471, Thomas Malory ranks 7. Before him are Henry VI of England, Pope Paul II, Thomas à Kempis, George of Poděbrady, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, and Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales. After him are João Gonçalves Zarco, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, Edmund Beaufort, Emperor Go-Hanazono, and Otto V, Duke of Brunswick.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Malory ranks 959 out of 8,785. Before him are Stephen Gray (1666), Peter Cushing (1913), Kevin Keegan (1951), Richard Arkwright (1732), William Holman Hunt (1827), and Naomi Campbell (1970). After him are Francis Hutcheson (1694), Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891), Edmund Spenser (1552), Jessica Tandy (1909), Brenda Blethyn (1946), and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Malory ranks 104. Before him are Bruce Chatwin (1940), Philip Pullman (1946), George Gissing (1857), E. M. Forster (1879), Ann Radcliffe (1764), and John Fowles (1926). After him are Edmund Spenser (1552), James Hadley Chase (1906), John Dryden (1631), Robert Graves (1895), Brian O'Nolan (1911), and Leigh Hunt (1784).

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