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William Camden

1551 - 1623

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William Camden (2 May 1551 – 9 November 1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of Britannia, the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland that relates landscape, geography, antiquarianism, and history, and the Annales, the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Camden is the 13,172nd most popular politician (down from 12,591st in 2019), the 3,131st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,762nd in 2019) and the 439th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, William Camden ranks 13,172 out of 19,576. Before him are Brihadratha Maurya, Ichirō Ozawa, Andrei Zhelyabov, Guilhermina Suggia, Wojciech Korfanty, and Ahmed Laraki. After him are Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Francesco Contarini, Apisai Ielemia, Duatentopet, and Prince Vijaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1551, William Camden ranks 8. Before him are Maria Anna of Bavaria, Giulio Caccini, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Fausto Veranzio, Ğazı II Giray, and Robert Peake the Elder. After him are Giovanni I Cornaro, and John Speed. Among people deceased in 1623, William Camden ranks 18. Before him are Paolo Sarpi, Kara Davud Pasha, Francisco Sanches, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, Philippe de Mornay, and Antonio Priuli. After him is Thomas Weelkes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Camden ranks 3,132 out of 8,785. Before him are Gerald Moore (1899), Chris Vance (1971), Christiane Amanpour (1958), Ian Wright (1963), W. S. Gilbert (1836), and Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (1907). After him are Belinda Lee (1935), B. C. Forbes (1880), Phil Manzanera (1951), Graham McTavish (1961), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), and Keith Newton (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Camden ranks 439. Before him are Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1869), John Wilkes (1725), Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640), James Douglas, Lord of Douglas (1286), Terence O'Neill (1914), and George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (1946). After him are Banastre Tarleton (1754), Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (1903), James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811), Blanche of England (1392), Caradoc (470), and Ken Livingstone (1945).

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