WRITER

Jan Luyken

1649 - 1712

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Johannes or Jan Luyken (16 April 1649 – 5 April 1712) was a Dutch poet, illustrator, and engraver. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Luyken has received more than 88,461 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jan Luyken is the 2,746th most popular writer (up from 2,875th in 2019), the 453rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 452nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Dutch Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 88k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Het leerzaam huisraad
Dutch Emblem books, Specimens
1731
Jezus en de ziel
Emblems
1744
Het overvloeijend herte, of nagelatene verzen
Mysticism, Early works to 1800, Emblems
1767
Het menselyk bedryf
Occupations in art, Emblem books
1694
De bykorf des gemoeds
Emblems, Early works to 1800
1711
De Onwaardige Wereld
Dutch Emblem books, Mysticism, Dutch Didactic poetry
1710

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Luyken ranks 2,746 out of 7,302. Before him are Ahmad Javad, Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus, Pierre Benoit, Shūji Terayama, Lu Ji, and Borislav Pekić. After him are Jean Lorrain, Josef Škvorecký, Franz Overbeck, Sogyal Rinpoche, Zeb-un-Nissa, and Michele Ruggieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1649, Jan Luyken ranks 10. Before him are Marie Anne Mancini, Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, Thomas Tew, Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, and John Blow. After him are James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Elihu Yale, Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland. Among people deceased in 1712, Jan Luyken ranks 16. Before him are Tokugawa Ienobu, Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Nehemiah Grew, Jan van der Heyden, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, and Baltacı Mehmet Pasha. After him are Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Juan Bautista Cabanilles, Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt, Richard Simon, Louisa Maria Stuart, and Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Luyken ranks 453 out of 1,646. Before him are Johannes Kleiman (1896), Nicolaes Witsen (1641), Gerard Philips (1858), Princess Marie of the Netherlands (1841), Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734), and Menno van Coehoorn (1641). After him are Eduard van Beinum (1900), Frans Brüggen (1934), Rie Mastenbroek (1919), Salomon de Bray (1597), Gijs van Lennep (1942), and James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Jan Luyken ranks 18. Before him are Aagje Deken (1741), Herman Gorter (1864), Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911), Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), and Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862). After him are Macropedius (1487), Louis Couperus (1863), Gerard Reve (1923), Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937), Jacob Israël de Haan (1881), and Willem Frederik Hermans (1921).

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