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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 192,259 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje is the 1,721st most popular religious figure, the 434th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 11th most popular Dutch Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje ranks 1,721 out of 2,238Before him are Raël, Horus Sa, Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli, Cláudio Hummes, Sava Petrović, and Stanisław Ryłko. After him are Laura Montoya, Barbara West, Richard Simon, Michel Sabbah, Ignatius Moses I Daoud, and Estanislao Esteban Karlic.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje ranks 71Before him are Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Julius Popper, Luigi Illica, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Léon Charles Thévenin, and Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia. After him are James Edward Keeler, Simon Hollósy, Joseph Larmor, Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt, Gabriela Zapolska, and Stojan Protić. Among people deceased in 1936, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje ranks 97Before him are Louis Camille Maillard, Georgios Kondylis, Alexander Guchkov, Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Sophie, Princess of Albania, and Svetozar Pribićević. After him are Bhikaiji Cama, Fatma Aliye Topuz, Meir Dizengoff, Marguerite Durand, Juliette Adam, and Walther Wever.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje ranks 434 out of 1,427Before him are Jan Akkerman (1946), Jacob van Eyck (1590), Peter Hans Kolvenbach (1928), Macropedius (1487), Gerard Reve (1923), and Candy Dulfer (1969). After him are Willy van der Kuijlen (1946), Pierre Cuypers (1827), Pieter Pourbus (1523), Co Adriaanse (1947), Ruud Geels (1948), and Dirck Hals (1591).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Netherlands

Among religious figures born in Netherlands, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje ranks 11Before him are Lidwina (1380), Geert Groote (1340), Wim Hof (1959), Ludger (742), Johannes Willebrands (1909), and Peter Hans Kolvenbach (1928). After him are Adrianus Johannes Simonis (1931), Balthasar Bekker (1634), Gisbertus Voetius (1589), Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1900), Johannes de Jong (1885), and Frans van der Lugt (1938).