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Cai Yuanpei

1868 - 1940

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Cai Yuanpei (Chinese: 蔡元培; 1868–1940) was a Chinese philosopher and politician who was an influential figure in the history of Chinese modern education. He made contributions to education reform with his own education ideology. He was the president of Peking University, and founder of the Academia Sinica. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cai Yuanpei has received more than 178,748 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Cai Yuanpei is the 9,339th most popular politician (up from 9,452nd in 2019), the 657th most popular biography from China (down from 644th in 2019) and the 364th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cai Yuanpei ranks 9,339 out of 19,576Before him are Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut, Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Gertrude of Süpplingenburg, Odo II, Duke of Burgundy, Nicolás Bravo, and Edith Head. After him are Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, Titus Annius Milo, Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Bahubali, John I, Duke of Saxony, and Princess Marie Louise of Hanover.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Cai Yuanpei ranks 95Before him are Alois Musil, Camille Jenatzy, Oskar Merikanto, Giovanni Giacometti, Jaan Tõnisson, and Ivan Regen. After him are Max Slevogt, Lauri Ingman, Edgar Lee Masters, Dawid Janowski, Hovhannes Kajaznuni, and Carl Brockelmann. Among people deceased in 1940, Cai Yuanpei ranks 79Before him are Robert Hichens, Oliver Lodge, Olga Boznańska, John A. Hobson, Abdelhamid Ben Badis, and Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz. After him are José Félix Estigarribia, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Giuseppe Motta, Albert Kahn, Arthur Rostron, and Yevhen Petrushevych.

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In China

Among people born in China, Cai Yuanpei ranks 657 out of 1,610Before him are Jung Chang (1952), Wang Huning (1955), Li Bingbing (1973), Jimmy Wang Yu (1943), Empress Wang (-8), and Eric Liddell (1902). After him are Liu Yuxi (772), Huang Tingjian (1045), Cheng Hao (1032), Zhang Zhidong (1837), Fritz-Julius Lemp (1913), and Ho Feng-Shan (1901).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Cai Yuanpei ranks 364Before him are Han Zheng (1954), Zhu of Xia (null), Bo Gu (1907), Peng Zhen (1902), Emperor Mingyuan of Northern Wei (392), and Wang Huning (1955). After him are Zhang Zhidong (1837), Ho Feng-Shan (1901), Salchak Toka (1901), Liu Zhiyuan (895), Cai E (1882), and Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa (1924).