WRITER

Guido Gezelle

1830 - 1899

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Guido Pieter Theodorus Josephus Gezelle (1 May 1830 – 27 November 1899) was an influential writer and poet and a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guido Gezelle has received more than 66,900 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Guido Gezelle is the 2,238th most popular writer (up from 2,869th in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 375th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Belgian Writer.

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  • 61.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Guido Gezelle ranks 2,238 out of 7,302. Before him are Jacob Cats, Felice Romani, Udo Lindenberg, Arkady Gaidar, Magnus Felix Ennodius, and Adikavi Pampa. After him are Pentti Linkola, Rosika Schwimmer, Hendrik Conscience, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, Johan Bojer, and Andreas Capellanus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Guido Gezelle ranks 35. Before him are Theodor Leschetizky, Princess Eugénie of Sweden, François-Marie Raoult, Alexei Savrasov, Carmine Crocco, and Henry Flagler. After him are Christina Rossetti, Albert Günther, Aga Khan II, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, Luigi Cremona, and Kamehameha V. Among people deceased in 1899, Guido Gezelle ranks 24. Before him are Edward Frankland, Charles Friedel, Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Katsu Kaishū, and Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart. After him are Emilio Castelar, Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, Garret Hobart, Carl Millöcker, Numa Droz, and Heinrich Kiepert.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Guido Gezelle ranks 312 out of 1,190. Before him are Stradanus (1523), James Weddell (1787), Odilon Polleunis (1943), Claude Piron (1931), Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine (967), and Charles Eugène de Croÿ (1651). After him are Hendrik Conscience (1812), Frans Francken the Younger (1581), Henry of Ghent (1217), Odile Defraye (1888), Prince Baudouin of Belgium (1869), and Marc Wilmots (1969).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Guido Gezelle ranks 18. Before him are Hugo Claus (1929), Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522), Michel de Ghelderode (1898), John of Ruusbroec (1293), Jean Bolland (1596), and William of Moerbeke (1215). After him are Hendrik Conscience (1812), J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856), Amélie Nothomb (1967), Jean Ray (1887), Daniël Heinsius (1580), and Heinrich von Veldeke (1150).

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