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Isaac Titsingh

1745 - 1812

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Isaac Titsingh FRS (c. January 1745 – 2 February 1812) was a Dutch diplomat, historian, Japanologist, and merchant. During a long career in East Asia, Titsingh was a senior official of the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC)). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaac Titsingh has received more than 133,722 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Isaac Titsingh is the 2,074th most popular writer (up from 2,684th in 2019), the 336th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 417th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Dutch Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Isaac Titsingh ranks 2,074 out of 7,302Before him are Nihal Atsız, Rahel Varnhagen, Julius Firmicus Maternus, Ludwig Uhland, Anton Praetorius, and Afanasy Fet. After him are Ibn Taghribirdi, Yasmina Reza, Barbara von Krüdener, Sigismund von Herberstein, Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, and George MacDonald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Isaac Titsingh ranks 26Before him are George Atwood, Jens Juel, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Denis Fonvizin, Maxim Berezovsky, and Johann Hieronymus Schröter. After him are Bodawpaya, Caspar Wessel, Olaudah Equiano, Johann Peter Frank, François-Jean de la Barre, and Antonio José Cavanilles. Among people deceased in 1812, Isaac Titsingh ranks 11Before him are George Clinton, Étienne-Louis Malus, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, and Spencer Perceval. After him are Hieronymus von Colloredo, Duke George of Oldenburg, Isaac Brock, Marianna Martines, Claude François de Malet, and Franz Pforr.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Isaac Titsingh ranks 336 out of 1,646Before him are Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633), Charles II, Duke of Guelders (1467), Nikolaus Gerhaert (1420), Esaias van de Velde (1587), Joanna of Bavaria (1356), and Henk Sneevliet (1883). After him are Mart Stam (1899), Gerard van Swieten (1700), Dirk V, Count of Holland (1053), Sharon den Adel (1974), Hans van Breukelen (1956), and Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597).

Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Isaac Titsingh ranks 10Before him are Harry Mulisch (1927), Robert van Gulik (1910), Etty Hillesum (1914), Cees Nooteboom (1933), Dick Bruna (1927), and Constantijn Huygens (1596). After him are Jacob Cats (1577), Aagje Deken (1741), Herman Gorter (1864), Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911), Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), and Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581).