WRITER

Jan Gruter

1560 - 1627

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Jan Gruter or Gruytère, Latinized as Janus Gruterus (3 December 1560 – 20 September 1627), was a Flemish-born philologist, scholar, and librarian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Gruter has received more than 25,126 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Gruter is the 3,160th most popular writer, the 442nd most popular biography from Belgium and the 25th most popular Belgian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 25k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Gruter ranks 3,160 out of 7,302. Before him are Antonio Ghislanzoni, Janosch, Buddhadasa, Jacob Israël de Haan, Bronisława Wajs, and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. After him are Yasmina Khadra, Henry Kuttner, Uwe Johnson, Edgar Hilsenrath, Suryakant Tripathi, and Eutychius of Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1560, Jan Gruter ranks 16. Before him are Juan Sánchez Cotán, Anton Praetorius, Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Marco Antonio de Dominis, William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, and Lodovico Grossi da Viadana. After him are Domenico Tintoretto, Felice Anerio, Heinrich Khunrath, Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Basawan, and Firishta. Among people deceased in 1627, Jan Gruter ranks 17. Before him are Princess Cecilia of Sweden, Olivier van Noort, Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Christina of Salm, and Lodovico Grossi da Viadana. After him are Guðbrandur Þorláksson, Julius Schiller, and Thomas Middleton.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan Gruter ranks 442 out of 1,190. Before him are Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823), Dirk Frimout (1941), Raymond Braine (1907), Theodoor Rombouts (1597), George Minne (1866), and Théophile de Donder (1872). After him are Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626), Georges Heylens (1941), Pierre François Verhulst (1804), Perkin Warbeck (1474), Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria (1938), and Caspar Barlaeus (1584).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Jan Gruter ranks 25. Before him are Hendrik Conscience (1812), J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856), Amélie Nothomb (1967), Jean Ray (1887), Daniël Heinsius (1580), and Heinrich von Veldeke (1150). After him are Caspar Barlaeus (1584), Felix Timmermans (1886), Simon Leys (1935), Georges Eekhoud (1854), Camille Lemonnier (1844), and Louis Paul Boon (1912).

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