WRITER

Jakob Jakobsen

1864 - 1918

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Jakob Jakobsen (22 February 1864 — 15 August 1918) was a Faroese linguist and scholar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jakob Jakobsen has received more than 56,902 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jakob Jakobsen is the 6,094th most popular writer (down from 5,937th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Faroe Islands and the 8th most popular Writer.

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  • 57k

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  • 43.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Arrangerede Sprog- Og Kulturmoder
2017
Færøsk Anthologi Med Litterærhistorisk Og Grammatisk Indledning Samt Glossar...
2023
Det Norrøne Sprog På Shetland...
2022
The Dialect and Place Names of Shetland; Two Popular Lectures
2018
Olafur Eliasson
Art, Modern, Light art, Site-specific installations (Art)
2001
Færøsk Anthologi
2010

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jakob Jakobsen ranks 6,094 out of 7,302. Before him are Margaret Drabble, Coventry Patmore, Owen Barfield, Peter Orlovsky, Aglaja Veteranyi, and János Batsányi. After him are Sigitas Geda, John Betjeman, Eva Crane, Pavel Antokolsky, George Grove, and Antjie Krog.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Jakob Jakobsen ranks 171. Before him are Cosmo Gordon Lang, Rukhmabai, Emine Semiye Önasya, Antonín Sova, W. H. R. Rivers, and Frank Chapman. After him are Oscar Baumann, George Nichols, Charles Marion Russell, Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet, James Mitchel, and Jessie Ralph. Among people deceased in 1918, Jakob Jakobsen ranks 175. Before him are Hanns Braun, Reggie Pridmore, George Reid, Anna Held, Walter Chaffe, and Grove Karl Gilbert. After him are Joseph F. Smith, Birt Acres, Arthur O'Hara Wood, J. Donald Cameron, Amalie Materna, and Walter Rauschenbusch.

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In Faroe Islands

Among people born in Faroe Islands, Jakob Jakobsen ranks 14 out of 27. Before him are Heðin Brú (1901), Jóannes Eidesgaard (1951), Rói Patursson (1947), Marita Petersen (1940), Aksel V. Johannesen (1972), and Eivør Pálsdóttir (1983). After him are Abraham Løkin (1959), Jens Martin Knudsen (1967), Fróði Benjaminsen (1977), Gunnar Nielsen (1986), Bárður á Steig Nielsen (1972), and Rógvi Jacobsen (1979).

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Among WRITERS In Faroe Islands

Among writers born in Faroe Islands, Jakob Jakobsen ranks 8. Before him are Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819), Símun av Skarði (1872), Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (1900), Christian Matras (1900), Heðin Brú (1901), and Rói Patursson (1947).

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