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Gerardus Vossius

1577 - 1649

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Gerrit Janszoon Vos (March or April 1577, Heidelberg – 19 March 1649, Amsterdam), often known by his Latin name Gerardus Vossius, was a Dutch classical scholar, theologian, and polymath. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerardus Vossius has received more than 61,065 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerardus Vossius is the 244th most popular historian (down from 189th in 2019), the 3,212th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,672nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular German Historian.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Gerardus Vossius ranks 244 out of 561. Before him are Marc Ferro, Gustave Schlumberger, Lucius Coelius Antipater, Elishe, Saul Friedländer, and Krste Misirkov. After him are Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, Vakhushti of Kartli, Yahya of Antioch, Quentin Skinner, Fritz Fischer, and Festus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, Gerardus Vossius ranks 17. Before him are Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Kobayakawa Hideaki, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jacob Cats, Mario Minniti, and Robert Burton. After him are Nicolas Trigault, and Roberto de Nobili. Among people deceased in 1649, Gerardus Vossius ranks 9. Before him are Simon Vouet, Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Catherine of Brandenburg, David Teniers the Elder, Ustad Ahmad Lahori, and Isaac van Ostade. After him are Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Juan Martínez Montañés, Giulio Alenio, Vincenzo Carafa, Jean de Brébeuf, and Susanna Hall.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerardus Vossius ranks 3,212 out of 7,253. Before him are Eugen Langen (1833), Walter Heitler (1904), John George II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1665), August Karl von Goeben (1816), Adolf Lüderitz (1834), and Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1536). After him are Dieter Hoeneß (1953), Rosemarie Ackermann (1952), Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1658), Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827), Jörg Breu the Elder (1475), and Arno Schmidt (1914).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Gerardus Vossius ranks 28. Before him are Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim (1701), Gustav Hugo (1764), Karl Lamprecht (1856), Friedrich Meinecke (1862), Moritz Cantor (1829), and Johannes Aventinus (1477). After him are Fritz Fischer (1908), Arno Peters (1916), Abraham Geiger (1810), Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729), Max Jakob Friedländer (1867), and Philipp Spitta (1841).

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