WRITER

Giovanni Pontano

1426 - 1503

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Giovanni Pontano (1426–1503), later known as Giovanni Gioviano (Latin: Ioannes Iovianus Pontanus), was a humanist and poet from Cerreto di Spoleto, in central Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Pontano has received more than 46,838 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Pontano is the 2,710th most popular writer (up from 2,802nd in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 47k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

On Married Love Eridanus
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
2014
Dialogues
2012
De Sermone
2022
Opera
1512
De sermone
Early works to 1800, Medieval Rhetoric, Rhetoric
1954
De magnanimitate
Magnanimity
1969

Page views of Giovanni Pontanos by language

Over the past year Giovanni Pontano has had the most page views in the with 7,625 views, followed by English (6,175), and Spanish (1,691). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (63.89%), Asturian (52.91%), and Finnish (36.81%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Giovanni Pontano ranks 2,710 out of 7,302. Before him are Fernand Crommelynck, Artur Lundkvist, Etel Adnan, Chandrashekhara Kambara, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, and Dezső Kosztolányi. After him are Champfleury, László Polgár, Henry Darger, Olympiodorus of Thebes, Eric Roth, and Kjeld Abell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1426, Giovanni Pontano ranks 5. Before him are Christian I of Denmark, Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, Eleanor of Navarre, and John II, Duke of Bourbon. After him is Isabella of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany. Among people deceased in 1503, Giovanni Pontano ranks 13. Before him are Sten Sture the Elder, Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, Bona of Savoy, George, Duke of Bavaria, Pierre d'Aubusson, and Peter Schöffer. After him are Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg, William IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Nur Devlet, Marfa Boretskaya, Frederick Jagiellon, and Lorenzo Cybo de Mari.

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