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Adamantios Korais

1748 - 1833

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Adamantios Korais or Koraïs (Greek: Ἀδαμάντιος Κοραῆς [aðaˈmandi.os koraˈis]; Latin: Adamantius Coraes; French: Adamance Coray; 27 April 1748 – 6 April 1833) was a Greek scholar credited with laying the foundations of modern Greek literature and a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment. His activities paved the way for the Greek War of Independence and the emergence of a purified form of the Greek language, known as Katharevousa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adamantios Korais has received more than 196,920 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Adamantios Korais is the 1,698th most popular writer (up from 1,746th in 2019), the 577th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 563rd in 2019) and the 48th most popular Turkish Writer.

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  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Adamantios Korais ranks 1,698 out of 5,755. Before him are Branko Ćopić, François Pierre La Varenne, Julius Firmicus Maternus, Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Manuel Puig, and John Gay. After him are Voltairine de Cleyre, Joseph Addison, Masaoka Shiki, Elsa Beskow, Akiyuki Nosaka, and Emilia Pardo Bazán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1748, Adamantios Korais ranks 14. Before him are Claude Louis Berthollet, William V, Prince of Orange, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, Christian Gottlob Neefe, Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, and Johann Friedrich Gmelin. After him are Benedict Joseph Labre, Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, Dominique, comte de Cassini, Anders Sparrman, Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, and Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. Among people deceased in 1833, Adamantios Korais ranks 18. Before him are Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Abbas Mirza, Pierre André Latreille, and Edmund Kean. After him are Ferdinand Hérold, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Antoni Radziwiłł, Rahel Varnhagen, René Louiche Desfontaines, and Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Adamantios Korais ranks 577 out of 1,301. Before him are Euthydemus I (-300), Hrant Dink (1954), Sultan Kösen (1982), Dani Rodrik (1957), Jacob Baradaeus (505), and Rhesus of Thrace (null). After him are Leo II, King of Armenia (1236), Namık Kemal (1840), Stachys the Apostle (20), Yousuf Karsh (1908), Pharnaces I of Pontus (-300), and Aëtius of Amida (502).

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Among WRITERS In Turkey

Among writers born in Turkey, Adamantios Korais ranks 48. Before him are Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929), Zeki Müren (1931), Xenophon of Ephesus (101), Nicander (-250), Hipponax (-600), and Alexander Polyhistor (-100). After him are Namık Kemal (1840), Symeon the Metaphrast (900), John of Ephesus (507), Menander Protector (550), Aristeas (-600), and John Tzetzes (1110).

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