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Henrik Gabriel Porthan

1739 - 1804

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Henrik Gabriel Porthan (8 November 1739 in Viitasaari – 16 March 1804 in Turku) was a professor and rector at the Royal Academy of Turku. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henrik Gabriel Porthan has received more than 26,512 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Henrik Gabriel Porthan is the 324th most popular historian (down from 266th in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from Finland (down from 190th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Historian.

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  • 17

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Henrik Gabriel Porthan ranks 324 out of 339. Before him are Gustave Lanson, Marin Drinov, Philip K. Hitti, Michael Aris, Jérôme Carcopino, and Dino Compagni. After him are Richard N. Frye, Heinrich Gelzer, Nicholas Adontz, Gerhard Ritter, Jacob Talmon, and Fenestella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1739, Henrik Gabriel Porthan ranks 20. Before him are Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, Jean-François de La Harpe, Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal, Frei Galvão, Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, and Juan de Villanueva. After him are Johann Beckmann, John Robison, Sophronius of Vratsa, John Rutledge, William Bartram, and William Hewson. Among people deceased in 1804, Henrik Gabriel Porthan ranks 27. Before him are Martin Vahl, Georges Cadoudal, Antonio José Cavanilles, Carlo Allioni, Paul Kray, and Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre. After him are Aagje Deken, Philip Schuyler, Dru Drury, and George Walton.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Henrik Gabriel Porthan ranks 203 out of 642. Before him are Timo Tolkki (1966), Lydia Chukovskaya (1907), Rafael Paasio (1903), Sofi Oksanen (1977), Reino Ragnar Lehto (1898), and Elmer Niklander (1890). After him are Walter Jakobsson (1882), Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (1797), Marita Lindahl (1938), Rafael Erich (1879), Lasse Mårtenson (1934), and Toivo Kuula (1883).

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Among HISTORIANS In Finland

Among historians born in Finland, Henrik Gabriel Porthan ranks 1. 

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