WRITER

Jan Frans Willems

1793 - 1846

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Jan Frans Willems (11 March 1793 – 24 June 1846) was a Flemish writer, and the father of the Flemish movement. Willems was born in the Belgian city of Boechout while it was under French occupation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Frans Willems has received more than 24,716 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Frans Willems is the 5,266th most popular writer (down from 5,141st in 2019), the 676th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 631st in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Belgian Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Frans Willems ranks 5,266 out of 7,302. Before him are Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Edward Carpenter, Roshanara Begum, Julia Ward Howe, Tahar Djaout, and Władysław Broniewski. After him are Idea Vilariño, Anna Świrszczyńska, Vladimir Makanin, Alexis, Chester Himes, and Jamaica Kincaid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, Jan Frans Willems ranks 45. Before him are Martin Rathke, Stephen F. Austin, Joseph Paul Gaimard, William Hopkins, Philip Barker-Webb, and Felix de Muelenaere. After him are Antoni Malczewski, Henry Charles Carey, Erik Johan Stagnelius, John Clare, José Ignacio de Márquez, and Robert Edmond Grant. Among people deceased in 1846, Jan Frans Willems ranks 28. Before him are Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck, Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia, Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, Wilhelm Küchelbecker, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, and W. J. Coffee. After him are Dwarkanath Tagore, José María Calatrava y Peinado, Thomas Clarkson, and Jane Irwin Harrison.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan Frans Willems ranks 676 out of 1,190. Before him are Eric van de Poele (1961), Marie-Anne Libert (1782), Jacob van Maerlant (1235), Paul de Smet de Naeyer (1843), Oscar Dessomville (1876), and Gérard Delbeke (1903). After him are Paul Van Asbroeck (1874), Karel Lismont (1949), Sylvain Van de Weyer (1802), Jules De Bisschop (1879), Kim Clijsters (1983), and Willy De Clercq (1927).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Jan Frans Willems ranks 42. Before him are Suzanne Lilar (1901), Paul van Ostaijen (1896), Stijn Streuvels (1871), François Weyergans (1941), Maurice Carême (1899), and Jacob van Maerlant (1235). After him are Jan van Beers (1821), Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), Herman Teirlinck (1879), Karel van de Woestijne (1878), Axel Merckx (1972), and Princess Delphine of Belgium (1968).

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