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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 58,935 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Guido Gezelle is the 2,880th most popular writer (down from 2,499th in 2019), the 375th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 332nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Belgian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 59k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Guido Gezelle ranks 2,880 out of 5,755. Before him are Andrea Dworkin, Israel Zolli, Philip Arthur Fisher, Joan Maragall, Edmond Privat, and Valentin Rasputin. After him are Yakov Perelman, Elizabeth von Arnim, Uwe Johnson, Gérard de Villiers, Vicente Huidobro, and Jan Luyken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Guido Gezelle ranks 40. Before him are Yoshida Shōin, Christina Rossetti, Kamehameha V, Albert Günther, Aga Khan II, and Luigi Cremona. After him are Grigor Parlichev, Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Ivan Larionov, Henry Peach Robinson, Karl Christian Bruhns, and Mehmed Said Pasha. Among people deceased in 1899, Guido Gezelle ranks 33. Before him are Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, Matsumura Sōkon, Vincas Kudirka, Carl Millöcker, Lucien Quélet, and Ottmar Mergenthaler. After him are Heinrich Kiepert, Robert G. Ingersoll, Dwight L. Moody, Teodolfo Mertel, Sophronius IV of Alexandria, and Henry Becque.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Guido Gezelle ranks 375 out of 1,019. Before him are Paul Vanden Boeynants (1919), Franciscus Gomarus (1563), Olivier Gendebien (1924), Jaco Van Dormael (1957), Lucien Buysse (1892), and Maurice De Waele (1896). After him are Joseph Jongen (1873), Andrei Kozyrev (1951), Bernard Voorhoof (1910), Richilde, Countess of Hainaut (1100), Brian Molko (1972), and Sigiswald Kuijken (1944).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Guido Gezelle ranks 23. Before him are William of Moerbeke (1215), Hendrik Conscience (1812), FM-2030 (1930), J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856), Heinrich von Veldeke (1150), and Jean Ray (1887). After him are Felix Timmermans (1886), Daniël Heinsius (1580), Caspar Barlaeus (1584), Simon Leys (1935), Louis Paul Boon (1912), and Camille Lemonnier (1844).

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