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Eggert Ólafsson

1726 - 1768

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Eggert Ólafsson (1 December 1726 – 30 May 1768) was an Icelandic explorer, writer and conservator of the Icelandic language. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eggert Ólafsson has received more than 25,523 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Eggert Ólafsson is the 4,395th most popular writer (down from 4,231st in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Icelander Writer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eggert Ólafsson ranks 4,395 out of 5,755. Before him are Roberto Juarroz, Robertson Davies, Eduardo Pondal, Regīna Ezera, Stanley G. Weinbaum, and Takeshi Shudo. After him are Miyamoto Yuriko, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Margarita Aliger, Luise Rinser, Jackie Collins, and Dai Sijie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1726, Eggert Ólafsson ranks 19. Before him are Alexander Ypsilantis, Charles Burney, Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel, Katsukawa Shunshō, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and Vasily Chichagov. After him are Alexander Kokorinov, Benjamin Harrison V, Thomas Pennant, and George Wythe. Among people deceased in 1768, Eggert Ólafsson ranks 19. Before him are François de Cuvilliés, Michel Blavet, Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Giuseppe Simone Assemani, Princess Louisa of Great Britain, and Robert Simson. After him is George Hadley.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Eggert Ólafsson ranks 54 out of 180. Before him are Saint Thorlak (1133), Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910), Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (1954), Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), and Vilhjálmur Einarsson (1934). After him are Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847), Jón Magnússon (1859), Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958), Hermann Jónasson (1896), and Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (1955).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Eggert Ólafsson ranks 15. Before him are Magnús Scheving (1964), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), Matthías Jochumsson (1835), Sturla Þórðarson (1214), Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), and Einar Benediktsson (1864). After him are Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958), Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888), Snorri Hjartarson (1906), Hallgrímur Helgason (1959), and Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963).

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