RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje

1857 - 1936

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Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkrɪstijaːn ˈsnuk ɦʏrˈɣrɔɲə]; 8 February 1857 – 26 June 1936) was a Dutch scholar of Oriental cultures and languages and advisor on native affairs to the colonial government of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Born in Oosterhout in 1857, he became a theology student at Leiden University in 1874. He received his doctorate at Leiden in 1880 with his dissertation 'Het Mekkaansche Feest' ("The Festivities of Mecca"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje has received more than 204,889 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje is the 1,594th most popular religious figure (up from 1,707th in 2019), the 381st most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 433rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Dutch Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje ranks 1,594 out of 3,187. Before him are Chrodegang, Raimon Panikkar, Sigfrid of Sweden, Lanfranc, Aga Khan II, and Kirill of Turov. After him are Saint Alban, Mauro Piacenza, Huldah, Reginald Lee, Antipope Dioscorus, and Muhammad al-Sadr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje ranks 64. Before him are Herman Bang, Gotō Shinpei, Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, Alfred Loisy, Luigi Illica, and Fergus Suter. After him are Émile Cohl, Oskar von Hutier, Julius Popper, Hermann Sudermann, Henry Fairfield Osborn, and Simon Hollósy. Among people deceased in 1936, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje ranks 86. Before him are Hu Hanmin, Nestor Lakoba, Alexandros Zaimis, Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh, Oskar Barnack, and Louis Camille Maillard. After him are José Calvo Sotelo, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke, Johannes Franz Hartmann, Georgios Kondylis, Jean Patou, and Svetozar Pribićević.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje ranks 381 out of 1,646. Before him are Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (1983), Jaap Stam (1972), Bennie Muller (1938), Aagje Deken (1741), Hendrik Casimir (1909), and Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten (1927). After him are Floris II, Count of Holland (1091), Marc Overmars (1973), Cornelis Cort (1533), Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1556), Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (1472), and Melchior d'Hondecoeter (1636).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Netherlands

Among religious figures born in Netherlands, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje ranks 10. Before him are Lambert of Maastricht (635), John of Leiden (1509), Geert Groote (1340), Wim Hof (1959), Lidwina (1380), and Ludger (742). After him are Johannes Willebrands (1909), Peter Hans Kolvenbach (1928), Balthasar Bekker (1634), Adrianus Johannes Simonis (1931), Gisbertus Voetius (1589), and Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1900).

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