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Jakob Hurt

1839 - 1907

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Jakob Hurt (22 July [O.S. 10 July] 1839 in Himmaste – 13 January 1907 [O.S. 31 December 1906] in St Petersburg) was a notable Estonian folklorist, theologian, and linguist. With respect to the last, he is perhaps best known for his dissertation on "pure" -ne stem nouns ("Die estnischen Nomina auf -ne purum", 1886). Also known as the "king of Estonian folklore", Hurt planned the publication in the 1870s of a six volume series called Monumenta Estoniae Antiquae. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jakob Hurt has received more than 39,537 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Jakob Hurt is the 4,185th most popular writer (down from 3,741st in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 100th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Estonian Writer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

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  • 2.71

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jakob Hurt ranks 4,185 out of 5,755. Before him are Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Seán O'Casey, Andrew Marvell, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Źmitrok Biadula, and Fadwa Tuqan. After him are Anthony Hope, Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau, John Piper, Saadat Hasan Manto, Albert Ehrenstein, and Alexander Tairov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Jakob Hurt ranks 67. Before him are Aleksandr Stoletov, Julius Friedrich Cohnheim, Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, Ludwig Anzengruber, Luigi Pelloux, and Almon Brown Strowger. After him are Nicolás de Piérola, Carl Humann, Ludwig Mond, Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Tage Reedtz-Thott, and William T. Anderson. Among people deceased in 1907, Jakob Hurt ranks 69. Before him are Erik Gustaf Boström, Désirée Artôt, Alfred Newton, Luis Sáenz Peña, Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, and Ida Saxton McKinley. After him are Edward Routh, Bernhard Hammer, Eva Nansen, Charles Howard Hinton, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, and Macario Sakay.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Jakob Hurt ranks 118 out of 310. Before him are Jaan Kikkas (1892), Juhan Liiv (1864), Friedebert Tuglas (1886), Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1805), Rudolf Tobias (1873), and Johannes Kotkas (1915). After him are Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (1798), Pavel Schilling (1786), Johann Köler (1826), Mart Helme (1949), Mart Siimann (1946), and Eri Klas (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Estonia

Among writers born in Estonia, Jakob Hurt ranks 15. Before him are Eduard Vilde (1865), Oskar Luts (1887), Hella Wuolijoki (1886), Betti Alver (1906), Juhan Liiv (1864), and Friedebert Tuglas (1886). After him are Juhan Smuul (1922), Alexander Vostokov (1781), Viivi Luik (1946), August Gailit (1891), Mihkel Veske (1843), and Paul-Eerik Rummo (1942).

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