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Ferenc Kölcsey

1790 - 1838

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Ferenc Kölcsey (archaically English: Francis Kolcsey, 8 August 1790 in Sződemeter – 24 August 1838) was a Hungarian poet, literary critic, orator, and politician, noted for his support of the liberal current in Hungary regarding the politics involving the Austrian Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferenc Kölcsey has received more than 73,529 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ferenc Kölcsey is the 3,393rd most popular writer (down from 3,301st in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 343rd in 2019) and the 40th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ferenc Kölcsey ranks 3,393 out of 7,302. Before him are Charles Lamb, Juan Boscán Almogáver, Salomėja Nėris, Willibald Alexis, Leopoldo Lugones, and Alexis Piron. After him are Octave Feuillet, Ella Maillart, Filippo Buonaccorsi, Gérard de Villiers, Jean-François Regnard, and Victor Pelevin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, Ferenc Kölcsey ranks 30. Before him are William Smith, Manuel Blanco Encalada, Johann Jakob Heckel, James Pradier, Claude Pouillet, and Nassau William Senior. After him are Simon von Stampfer, Ferdinand Raimund, Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy, Ghezo, Juan Lindo, and Ludwig Emil Grimm. Among people deceased in 1838, Ferenc Kölcsey ranks 24. Before him are José Bonifácio de Andrada, Black Hawk, Joseph Lancaster, Frédéric Cuvier, Charles Percier, and Kaspar Maria von Sternberg. After him are Georges Mouton, William Clark, Maximilian von Montgelas, Jędrzej Śniadecki, Piet Retief, and Osceola.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ferenc Kölcsey ranks 362 out of 1,077. Before him are Isidor Gunsberg (1854), Ervin Zádor (1935), Vilmos Zsigmond (1930), Pál Kovács (1912), Vilmos Aba-Novák (1894), and Éva Székely (1927). After him are Eva Gabor (1919), József Rippl-Rónai (1861), Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria (1867), Móric Esterházy (1881), Pál Turán (1910), and István Örkény (1912).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Ferenc Kölcsey ranks 40. Before him are László Polgár (1946), Antal Szerb (1901), Miklós Radnóti (1909), Péter Szondi (1929), Mihály Babits (1883), and Simon of Kéza (1250). After him are István Örkény (1912), Zsigmond Móricz (1879), Tibor Déry (1894), Gyula Krúdy (1878), Milán Füst (1888), and Ferenc Fejtő (1909).

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