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Gysbert Japiks

1603 - 1666

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Gysbert Japiks Holckema, better known as simply Gysbert Japiks (1603–1666), was a West Frisian writer, poet, schoolmaster, and cantor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gysbert Japiks has received more than 20,078 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Gysbert Japiks is the 4,105th most popular writer (down from 3,123rd in 2019), the 597th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 461st in 2019) and the 31st most popular Dutch Writer.

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  • 20k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gysbert Japiks ranks 4,105 out of 5,755. Before him are Paul Theroux, Luis Vélez de Guevara, Juan Montalvo, Moacyr Scliar, Claude Aveline, and Kamini Roy. After him are Kekaumenos, Pyotr Tkachev, Sara Teasdale, Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Quim Monzó, and Lydia Chukovskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1603, Gysbert Japiks ranks 15. Before him are Francesco Furini, Marco Uccellini, Fasilides, Johannes Cocceius, Roger Williams, and Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.  Among people deceased in 1666, Gysbert Japiks ranks 14. Before him are Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Luisa de Guzmán, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma, Albert Eckhout, and Song Yingxing.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gysbert Japiks ranks 597 out of 1,427. Before him are Adri van der Poel (1959), Leonardus Nardus (1868), Kees de Jager (1921), Johannes Burman (1707), Mark Blaug (1927), and Jan de Vries (1890). After him are Yolanda Hadid (1964), Nigel de Jong (1984), Martin van Creveld (1946), Janwillem van de Wetering (1931), Fedde Schurer (1898), and Volcher Coiter (1534).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Gysbert Japiks ranks 31. Before him are Corrie ten Boom (1892), Tim Krabbé (1943), Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792), Jan Wolkers (1925), Bertus Aafjes (1914), and Simon Vestdijk (1898). After him are Janwillem van de Wetering (1931), Fedde Schurer (1898), Gerbrand Bredero (1585), Herman Heijermans (1864), Aagje Deken (1741), and Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860).

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