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Jan Długosz

1415 - 1480

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Jan Długosz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈdwuɡɔʂ]; 1 December 1415 – 19 May 1480), also known in Latin as Johannes Longinus, was a Polish priest, chronicler, diplomat, soldier, and secretary to Bishop Zbigniew Oleśnicki of Kraków. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Długosz has received more than 117,132 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Jan Długosz is the 1,220th most popular writer (up from 1,279th in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Poland (up from 272nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Polish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Chronicon
Facsimiles, History, Latin Manuscripts
1948
Życie świętego Stanisława, biskupa krakowskiego
1953
Roczniki
History, Sources, Poland
1961
Rocznik czyli kroniki sławnego Królewstwa Polskiego
Book two of the Chronicles of John Długosz
History, Sources
1976
Komin Pokutników
Mountaineering
1964

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Over the past year Jan Długosz has had the most page views in the with 56,366 views, followed by English (15,004), and Russian (10,161). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (53.06%), Catalan (41.35%), and Occitan (37.82%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Długosz ranks 1,220 out of 7,302. Before him are Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Albert Barillé, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Eiji Yoshikawa, and Annemarie Schwarzenbach. After him are Raymond Radiguet, Wilhelm Weitling, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Sarah, Duchess of York, James Anderson, and Brian Tracy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1415, Jan Długosz ranks 6. Before him are Piero della Francesca, Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, Dieric Bouts, Vasily II of Moscow, and Cecily Neville, Duchess of York. After him are Joanot Martorell, John Argyropoulos, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Albert van Ouwater, Aristotele Fioravanti, and John II, Count of Nevers. Among people deceased in 1480, Jan Długosz ranks 3. Before him are Jean Fouquet, and René of Anjou. After him are Justus van Gent, Janibek Khan, Antonio Vivarini, Uhwudong, Tristão Vaz Teixeira, Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg, Basarab the Old, Eleanor of Scotland, and Nicolas Jenson.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jan Długosz ranks 258 out of 1,694. Before him are Erich Fellgiebel (1886), Otto Klemperer (1885), Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732), Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848), Albert Barillé (1920), and Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881). After him are Alexander Bogdanov (1873), Franz Mehring (1846), Kazimierz Deyna (1947), Wanda Landowska (1879), Magnus Hirschfeld (1868), and Konstanty Kalinowski (1838).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Jan Długosz ranks 26. Before him are Ernst Toller (1893), Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927), Arnold Zweig (1887), Bolesław Prus (1847), Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848), and Albert Barillé (1920). After him are Jan Kochanowski (1530), Georg Heym (1887), Sławomir Mrożek (1930), Fritz Gerlich (1883), Jerzy Kosiński (1933), and Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885).

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