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Walafrid Strabo

808 - 849

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Walafrid, alternatively spelt Walahfrid, nicknamed Strabo (or Strabus, i.e. "squint-eyed") (c. 808 – 18 August 849), was an Alemannic Benedictine monk and theological writer who lived on Reichenau Island in southern Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walafrid Strabo is the 1,833rd most popular writer (down from 1,662nd in 2019), the 1,644th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,275th in 2019) and the 176th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Walafrid Strabo ranks 1,833 out of 7,302. Before him are Valery Bryusov, Philip José Farmer, Al-Hariri of Basra, Lucinda Riley, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, and David Burliuk. After him are Alexandre Benois, Lajos Zilahy, Princess Michael of Kent, Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Emilia Pardo Bazán, and Jacques Cazotte.

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Among people born in 808, Walafrid Strabo ranks 2. Before him is Emperor Ninmyō.  Among people deceased in 849, Walafrid Strabo ranks 1. After him are Ali ibn Muhammad, Sunifred, Count of Barcelona, and Theophylact.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Walafrid Strabo ranks 1,644 out of 8,785. Before him are John Hanning Speke (1827), Julian Glover (1935), James Cosmo (1947), John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), Lucinda Riley (1965), and Thomas Hodgkin (1798). After him are Oliver Lodge (1851), Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836), Nigel Short (1965), Michael Owen (1979), Gary Lineker (1960), and Beau Brummell (1778).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Walafrid Strabo ranks 176. Before him are Colin Dexter (1930), Ted Hughes (1930), Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), Peter Shaffer (1926), Anthony Trollope (1815), and Lucinda Riley (1965). After him are R. M. Ballantyne (1825), John Christopher (1922), Hugh Lofting (1886), Arthur Machen (1863), John Farey Sr. (1766), and Renée Vivien (1877).

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