WRITER

Jacob Cats

1577 - 1660

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Jacob Cats (10 November 1577 – 12 September 1660) was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Cats has received more than 85,071 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Jacob Cats is the 2,232nd most popular writer (up from 2,310th in 2019), the 356th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 352nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Dutch Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 85k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Moral emblems
Emblems, Proverbs, Maxims
1860
Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt, bestaende uyt spreeck-woorden ende sinspreucken
1968
Jacob Cats Sinn-reicher Wercke und Gedichte, dritter Theil, oder, Spiegel der alten und neuen Zeit ...
1711
Silenus Alcibiadis, sive, Proteus
Emblem books, Accessible book
1618
Proteus ofte Minne-beelden verandert in Sinne-beelden door
Dutch Emblem books, Early works to 1800
1627
De spreekwoorden van Jacob Cats
Dutch Proverbs
1998

Page views of Jacob Cats by language

Over the past year Jacob Cats has had the most page views in the with 15,458 views, followed by English (10,230), and German (2,068). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Zeelandic (75.16%), Catalan (47.45%), and Czech (38.35%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jacob Cats ranks 2,232 out of 7,302. Before him are Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma, Israel Joshua Singer, David Ogilvy, Zosimos of Panopolis, Aphrahat, and Leopoldo Alas. After him are Felice Romani, Udo Lindenberg, Arkady Gaidar, Magnus Felix Ennodius, Adikavi Pampa, and Guido Gezelle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, Jacob Cats ranks 14. Before him are Paul Guldin, Dmitry Pozharsky, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Kobayakawa Hideaki, and Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Mario Minniti, Robert Burton, Gerardus Vossius, Nicolas Trigault, and Roberto de Nobili. Among people deceased in 1660, Jacob Cats ranks 19. Before him are Alexandre de Rhodes, George II Rákóczi, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg, Paul Scarron, Giovanni Battista Hodierna, and Govert Flinck. After him are Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, Matthias Stom, John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Mary Dyer, Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, and Joos van Craesbeeck.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jacob Cats ranks 356 out of 1,646. Before him are Isaac Israëls (1865), Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969), Hercules Seghers (1589), Leonaert Bramer (1596), Dirk Kuyt (1980), and John de Mol Jr. (1955). After him are Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657), Rafael van der Vaart (1983), Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923), Kea Bouman (1903), Aldo van Eyck (1918), and Giovanni van Bronckhorst (1975).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Jacob Cats ranks 11. Before him are Robert van Gulik (1910), Etty Hillesum (1914), Cees Nooteboom (1933), Dick Bruna (1927), Constantijn Huygens (1596), and Isaac Titsingh (1745). After him are Aagje Deken (1741), Herman Gorter (1864), Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911), Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), and Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862).

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