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Francysk Skaryna

1486 - 1541

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Francysk Skaryna (alternative transcriptions of his name: Francišak Skaryna or Francisk Skaryna; Latin: Franciscus Scorina, Belarusian: Францыск (Францішак) Скарына [franˈt͡sɨsk skaˈrɨna]; Polish: Franciszek Skaryna, Czech: František Skorina; 1470 – 1551/29 January 1552) was a Belarusian humanist, physician, and translator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francysk Skaryna has received more than 115,334 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Francysk Skaryna is the 131st most popular physician (up from 158th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Belarus (up from 31st in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Physician.

Francysk Skaryna was a printer and publisher of the first printed book in the Belarusian language. He printed the first book in 1517, which is called The Bible of Francysk Skaryna.

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Francysk Skaryna ranks 131 out of 502. Before him are Johannes Peter Müller, Niels Kaj Jerne, Santorio Santorio, Albrecht von Haller, Joseph Murray, and Carl Wernicke. After him are Frederick Griffith, Charles Brenton Huggins, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Jens Christian Skou, Marie François Xavier Bichat, and Robin Cook.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1486, Francysk Skaryna ranks 8. Before him are Andrea del Sarto, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Jacopo Sansovino, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Sher Shah Suri, and Charles III, Duke of Savoy. After him are Gerolamo Emiliani, Ahuitzotl, Johann Eck, Martin Agricola, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, and Andreas Karlstadt. Among people deceased in 1541, Francysk Skaryna ranks 7. Before him are Paracelsus, Francisco Pizarro, Margaret Tudor, Johann Georg Faust, Pedro de Alvarado, and Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury. After him are Gazi Husrev-beg, Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, Jean Clouet, Bernard van Orley, Thomas Culpeper, and Andreas Karlstadt.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Francysk Skaryna ranks 24 out of 330. Before him are Yanka Kupala (1882), Mstislav I of Kiev (1076), Ossip Zadkine (1888), Pavel Sukhoi (1895), Stanislav Shushkevich (1934), and Bronislav Kaminski (1899). After him are Zalman Shazar (1889), Léon Bakst (1866), Vilna Gaon (1720), Raphael Lemkin (1900), Irving Berlin (1888), and Alexander Parvus (1867).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Belarus

Among physicians born in Belarus, Francysk Skaryna ranks 1. 

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