RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ghevont Alishan

1820 - 1901

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Ghevont Alishan (Armenian: Հայր Ղեւոնդ Ալիշան) (July 6, 1820 – November 9, 1901) also spelled Ghevond Alishan, or Leonzio Alishan in Italian or Léonce Alichan in French) was an ordained Armenian Catholic priest, historian and a poet. He was awarded by the Legion of Honour of the French Academy (1866), an honorary member of the Asian Society of Italia, Archeological Society of Moscow, Venice Academy and Archeological Society of Saint-Petersburg. John Ruskin wrote that he "always looked upon him Padre Alishan as a sort of saint; he has been our friend for a great many of years."He was a member of the Mekhitarist Congregation on Saint Lazarus Island in Venice beginning in 1838. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ghevont Alishan has received more than 33,869 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ghevont Alishan is the 2,061st most popular religious figure (up from 2,175th in 2019), the 764th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 972nd in 2019) and the 120th most popular Religious Figure.

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  • 34k

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  • 52.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Ghevont Alishan has had the most page views in the with 7,121 views, followed by English (5,101), and Russian (2,944). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Romanian (72.97%), Southern Azerbaijani (62.50%), and Egyptian Arabic (49.69%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ghevont Alishan ranks 2,061 out of 3,187. Before him are George Cruikshank, Witness Lee, Józef Glemp, Mkrtich Khrimian, Benedetto Aloisi Masella, and Francisco Álvarez Martínez. After him are Dwight L. Moody, Hans Hermann Groër, Saint Sturm, Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Eduardo Francisco Pironio, and Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Ghevont Alishan ranks 47. Before him are Sergey Solovyov, Cornelius Gurlitt, Josef Mánes, Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Anna Sewell, and Mkrtich Khrimian. After him are Fanny Crosby, Thuwaini bin Said, Arvid Posse, György Klapka, Pōmare III, and Georg Curtius. Among people deceased in 1901, Ghevont Alishan ranks 50. Before him are Prince Henri of Orléans, Cornelius Gurlitt, Jacob Georg Agardh, Johannes Schmidt, Jules Barbier, and Wojciech Gerson. After him are Alexander Kovalevsky, Herman Grimm, Arvid Posse, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Peter Benoit, and Víctor Balaguer i Cirera.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Ghevont Alishan ranks 764 out of 1,347. Before him are Deniz Baykal (1938), Maria Komnene (1152), Onesiphorus (50), Stephen Lekapenos (901), Orhan Gencebay (1944), and Mkrtich Khrimian (1820). After him are Ruben III, Prince of Armenia (1145), Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria (1134), Zeno of Tarsus (-250), Hulusi Akar (1952), Mustafa Dağıstanlı (1931), and Hulusi Behçet (1889).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Ghevont Alishan ranks 120. Before him are Gennadius of Constantinople (458), Sophronius IV of Alexandria (1798), Maximus V of Constantinople (1897), Jacob of Nisibis (300), Onesiphorus (50), and Mkrtich Khrimian (1820). After him are Arsenios Autoreianos (1200), Constantine VI of Constantinople (1859), Dorotheus of Gaza (510), Constantine Leichoudes (1000), Benjamin I of Constantinople (1871), and Polyeuctus of Constantinople (null).

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