WRITER

Adam Bohorič

1520 - 1598

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Adam Bohorič () (c. 1520 – after 20 November 1598) was a Slovene Protestant preacher, teacher and author of the first grammar of Slovene. Bohorič was born in the market town of Reichenburg in the Duchy of Styria (now Brestanica in Slovenia). He studied in Wittenberg under the supervision of Philip Melanchthon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adam Bohorič has received more than 32,663 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Adam Bohorič is the 3,900th most popular writer (up from 3,970th in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 66th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Slovene Writer.

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  • 16

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  • 2.41

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Notable Works

Arcticae horulae
Slovenian language, Grammar
1969

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Adam Bohorič ranks 3,900 out of 7,302. Before him are Ceija Stojka, Michael Blake, Giulio Angioni, Mia Couto, Ferenc Fejtő, and Maurice Scève. After him are Friedrich von Bodenstedt, Ioan Slavici, Ostap Vyshnya, Raffaello Giovagnoli, Fernán Caballero, and Jean Desmarets.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, Adam Bohorič ranks 25. Before him are Pedro Cieza de León, Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Giovanni Animuccia, Isabella di Morra, Jorge de Montemor, and Girolamo Cassar. After him are Estácio de Sá, Wacław of Szamotuły, and Hans Eworth. Among people deceased in 1598, Adam Bohorič ranks 16. Before him are Theodor de Bry, Henri Estienne, Paolo Boi, Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Lucrezia d'Este, and Benito Arias Montano.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Adam Bohorič ranks 74 out of 340. Before him are Valentin Vodnik (1758), Ivo Daneu (1937), Jurij Dalmatin (1547), Oton Župančič (1878), Srečko Kosovel (1904), and Berta Ambrož (1944). After him are Samir Handanović (1984), Ivan Grohar (1867), Željko Ivanek (1957), Lojze Peterle (1948), Bojan Križaj (1957), and Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806).

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Among WRITERS In Slovenia

Among writers born in Slovenia, Adam Bohorič ranks 14. Before him are Constantin von Wurzbach (1818), Stanko Vraz (1810), Louis Adamic (1898), Valentin Vodnik (1758), Oton Župančič (1878), and Srečko Kosovel (1904). After him are Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806), Fran Levstik (1831), Anton Aškerc (1856), Zofka Kveder (1878), Josip Jurčič (1844), and Ivan Tavčar (1851).

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