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GEOGRAPHER

Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani

893 - 945

Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani

Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Yaʿqūb al-Hamdānī (Arabic: أبو محمد الحسن بن أحمد بن يعقوب الهمداني, 279/280-333/334 A.H.; c. 893 – 947;) was an Arab Muslim geographer, chemist, poet, grammarian, historian, and astronomer, from the tribe of Banu Hamdan, western 'Amran, Yemen. He was one of the best representatives of Islamic culture during the last period of the Abbasid Caliphate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani has received more than 74,944 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani is the 49th most popular geographer (down from 48th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Yemen (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Yemeni Geographer.

Memorability Metrics

75k
Page Views (PV)
51.05
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
17
Languages Editions (L)
2.83
Effective Languages (L*)
2.83
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani ranks 49 out of 67. Before him are Marie Tharp, Inō Tadataka, Richard Hartshorne, Erich von Drygalski, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, and Pedro Reinel. After him are Conrad Malte-Brun, Yi-Fu Tuan, Giovanni Battista Ramusio, Jan Janssonius, Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, and Claes Jansz. Visscher.

Most Popular Geographers in Wikipedia

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Marie Tharp
1920 - 2006
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 43
Inō Tadataka
1745 - 1818
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 44
Richard Hartshorne
1899 - 1992
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 45
Erich von Drygalski
1865 - 1949
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 46
Johann Gottlieb Georgi
1729 - 1802
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 47
Pedro Reinel
1500 - 1542
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 48
Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani
893 - 945
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 49
Conrad Malte-Brun
1775 - 1826
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 50
Yi-Fu Tuan
1930 - 2022
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 51
Giovanni Battista Ramusio
1485 - 1557
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 52
Jan Janssonius
1588 - 1664
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 53
Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho
1869 - 1959
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 54
Claes Jansz. Visscher
1587 - 1652
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 55

Contemporaries

Among people born in 893, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani ranks 5. Before him are Abu Mansur al-Maturidi, Louis the Child, William Longsword, and Al-Qa'im. Among people deceased in 945, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani ranks 5. Before him are Igor of Kiev, Hyejong of Goryeo, Ki no Tsurayuki, and Krešimir I of Croatia.