WRITER

Bohuslav Balbín

1621 - 1688

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Bohuslav Balbín (3 December 1621 – 29 November 1688) was a Czech writer, historian, geographer and Jesuit, called the "Czech Pliny". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bohuslav Balbín has received more than 27,625 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Bohuslav Balbín is the 4,580th most popular writer (down from 2,961st in 2019), the 575th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 360th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Czech Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 28k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Rozprava na obranu jazyka slovanského, zvlat pak eského
Czech language
1869
Epitome historica rerum Bohemicarum
History
1677
Vita S. Joannis Nepomuceni, sigilli sacramentalis protomartyris
1730
O št'astném někdy, nyní však přežalostném stavu království českého, zvláště pak o vážnosti jazyka českého čili slovanského v Čechách, též o záhubných, úmyslech na jeho vyhlazení a jiných věcech k tomu příslušejících, rozprava krátká, ale pravdivá
Czech language, German, Foreign elements
1923
Kraśy české země
Description and travel
1970
Bohuslava Balbína Rozprava na obranu jazyka slovanského zvláště pak českého =
Slavic languages, Czech language, Accessible book
1869

Page views of Bohuslav Balbíns by language

Over the past year Bohuslav Balbín has had the most page views in the with 19,008 views, followed by English (2,343), and German (1,334). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Breton (80.60%), Hungarian (75.54%), and Catalan (69.26%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bohuslav Balbín ranks 4,580 out of 7,302. Before him are Dimitrija Demeter, Robert Richardson, Aleksei Arbuzov, Marcel Boulenger, George Chapman, and Alexander Tairov. After him are Alexander Serafimovich, Rachel de Queiroz, Lydia Becker, Gleb Uspensky, Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli, and Ranko Marinković.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1621, Bohuslav Balbín ranks 19. Before him are Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Jan Baptist Weenix, Matthew Locke, John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, and Andrew Marvell. After him are Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, Wacław Potocki, and Henry Vaughan. Among people deceased in 1688, Bohuslav Balbín ranks 18. Before him are Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, Philip de Koninck, Abraham Duquesne, Marcantonio Giustinian, Antoine Furetière, and Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow. After him is Ralph Cudworth.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Bohuslav Balbín ranks 575 out of 1,200. Before him are Helena Suková (1965), Ernst Falkbeer (1819), Antonín Vodička (1907), Adolf Šimperský (1909), Vilém Blodek (1834), and Jaroslav Bouček (1912). After him are Vasyl Durdynets (1937), Ferdinand Brokoff (1688), Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn (1844), Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861), Marie Kovářová (1927), and František Janda-Suk (1878).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Bohuslav Balbín ranks 65. Before him are Ladislav Fuks (1923), Roderich Menzel (1907), Gudrun Pausewang (1928), Ladislav Mňačko (1919), Ivan Olbracht (1882), and Eliška Krásnohorská (1847). After him are Svatopluk Čech (1846), Patrik Ouředník (1957), Karel Sabina (1813), František Halas (1901), Hellmuth Karasek (1934), and Adolf Born (1930).

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