WRITER

Jacob of Serugh

451 - 521

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Jacob of Serugh (Syriac: ܝܥܩܘܒ ܣܪܘܓܝܐ, romanized: Yaʿquḇ Sruḡāyâ, Classical Syriac pronunciation: [ˌjaˤˈquβ sᵊˌruɣˈɒˌjɒ]; Latin: Iacobus Sarugiensis; c. 452–521), also called Jacob of Sarug or Mar Jacob (Syriac: ܡܪ ܝܝܥܩܘܒ, romanized: Mār Yaʿquḇ), was one of the foremost poets and theologians of the Syriac Christian tradition, second only to Ephrem the Syrian and equal to Narsai. He lived most of his life as an ecclesiastical official in Suruç, in modern-day Turkey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob of Serugh has received more than 112,940 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob of Serugh is the 3,776th most popular writer, the 292nd most popular biography from Iraq and the 26th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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  • 110k

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  • 50.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jacob of Serugh ranks 3,776 out of 7,302. Before him are Nick Hornby, Mary Renault, Ferdinand Freiligrath, Friederike Mayröcker, Said Akl, and Lucrezia Marinella. After him are Peter Andreas Heiberg, Charles Simon Favart, Gloria Vanderbilt, Alf Prøysen, Hovhannes Shiraz, and Amado Nervo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 451, Jacob of Serugh ranks 2. Before him is Brigid of Kildare.  Among people deceased in 521, Jacob of Serugh ranks 2. Before him is Magnus Felix Ennodius.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Jacob of Serugh ranks 292 out of 384. Before him are Ishaq ibn Hunayn (830), Tahir Yahya (1913), Ibrahim ibn Sinan (908), Yitzhak Kaduri (1898), Ali Larijani (1957), and Ashur-nadin-ahhe II (-1500). After him are Khalifah ibn Khayyat (777), Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1879), Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi (1938), Dinkha IV (1935), Tariq al-Hashimi (1942), and Enlil-kudurri-usur (-1300).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Jacob of Serugh ranks 26. Before him are Karim Findi (1946), Abdullah Goran (1904), Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861), Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932), Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923), and Ishaq ibn Hunayn (830). After him are Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750), Ahmet Haşim (1887), Abu Isa al-Warraq (null), and Muhsin al-Ramli (1967).

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