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Gojong of Korea

1852 - 1919

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Gojong (Korean: 고종; Hanja: 高宗; RR: Gojong; MR: Kojong; 8 September 1852 – 21 January 1919) was the monarch of Korea from 1864 to 1907. He reigned as the last King of Joseon from 1864 to 1897, and as the first Emperor of Korea from 1897 until his forced abdication in 1907. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gojong of Korea has received more than 1,462,417 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Gojong of Korea is the 908th most popular politician (up from 980th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 10th in 2019) and the 10th most popular South Korean Politician.

Gojong of Korea is most famous for being the last king of Korea. He was the son of King Kojong and Queen Min, who was a concubine. He became the king after his father died in 1907.

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  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gojong of Korea ranks 908 out of 15,577. Before him are Michael III, Tullus Hostilius, Şah Sultan, Władysław III of Poland, Artaxerxes II of Persia, and Ptolemy V Epiphanes. After him are Julius Streicher, Helmut Schmidt, Andronikos II Palaiologos, Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Hafizullah Amin, and Cambyses I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Gojong of Korea ranks 7. Before him are Antoni Gaudí, Henri Becquerel, Emperor Meiji, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Emil Fischer, and Henri Moissan. After him are Albert A. Michelson, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, William Ramsay, Francisco Tárrega, Joseph Joffre, and Charles Taze Russell. Among people deceased in 1919, Gojong of Korea ranks 10. Before him are Ernst Haeckel, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Emil Fischer, Karl Liebknecht, Alfred Werner, and Emiliano Zapata. After him are John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Andrew Carnegie, Ruggero Leoncavallo, William Crookes, Carl Larsson, and Yakov Sverdlov.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Gojong of Korea ranks 11 out of 944. Before him are Syngman Rhee (1875), Kim Dae-jung (1924), Yeongjo of Joseon (1694), Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Ban Ki-moon (1944), and Sukjong of Joseon (1661). After him are Park Geun-hye (1952), Empress Gi (1315), Sejo of Joseon (1417), Yi Sun-sin (1545), Roh Tae-woo (1932), and Sunjo of Joseon (1790).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Gojong of Korea ranks 10. Before him are Moon Jae-in (1953), Syngman Rhee (1875), Kim Dae-jung (1924), Yeongjo of Joseon (1694), Chun Doo-hwan (1931), and Sukjong of Joseon (1661). After him are Park Geun-hye (1952), Empress Gi (1315), Sejo of Joseon (1417), Roh Tae-woo (1932), Sunjo of Joseon (1790), and Jungjong of Joseon (1488).

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