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Hendrik Conscience

1812 - 1883

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Henri (Hendrik) Conscience (3 December 1812 – 10 September 1883) was a Belgian author. He is considered the pioneer of Dutch-language literature in Flanders, writing at a time when Belgium was dominated by the French language among the upper classes, in literature and government. Conscience fought as a Belgian revolutionary in 1830 and was a notable writer in the Romanticist style popular in the early 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hendrik Conscience has received more than 70,539 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Hendrik Conscience is the 2,362nd most popular writer (down from 2,222nd in 2019), the 313th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 276th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Belgian Writer.

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  • 53.83

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hendrik Conscience ranks 2,362 out of 5,755. Before him are Apostolo Zeno, Antigonus of Carystus, Hans Hellmut Kirst, Kate Chopin, Cangrande I della Scala, and Johnston McCulley. After him are Maksim Bahdanovič, Bhavabhuti, Alan Sillitoe, Silva Kaputikyan, Vladimír Clementis, and Theodorus Gaza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Hendrik Conscience ranks 34. Before him are Ilija Garašanin, Henry Wilson, Zygmunt Krasiński, Augustus Pugin, Berthold Auerbach, and Józef Ignacy Kraszewski. After him are Filippo Pacini, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Robert Fortune, Duke Peter of Oldenburg, Samuel Smiles, and Hermann von Fehling. Among people deceased in 1883, Hendrik Conscience ranks 31. Before him are Franz Doppler, Arnold Toynbee, Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha, Wilhelm Peters, Ciprian Porumbescu, and Iwakura Tomomi. After him are Édouard René de Laboulaye, Filippo Pacini, Juliette Drouet, Edward FitzGerald, Cyprian Norwid, and Napoleon Orda.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Hendrik Conscience ranks 313 out of 1,019. Before him are Johnny Galecki (1975), Jan Porcellis (1583), François-Joseph Fétis (1784), Frans Hogenberg (1535), Joseph Cardijn (1882), and Violetta Villas (1938). After him are Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), Marcel Broodthaers (1924), Philippe de Monte (1521), Adriaen van Utrecht (1599), Paul Bril (1556), and Lucien Van Impe (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Hendrik Conscience ranks 18. Before him are Hugo Claus (1929), Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522), Jean Bolland (1596), John of Ruusbroec (1293), Michel de Ghelderode (1898), and William of Moerbeke (1215). After him are FM-2030 (1930), J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856), Heinrich von Veldeke (1150), Jean Ray (1887), Guido Gezelle (1830), and Felix Timmermans (1886).

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