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Ji Xianlin

1911 - 2009

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Ji Xianlin (Chinese: 季羨林; pinyin: Jì Xiànlín; August 6, 1911 – July 11, 2009) was a Chinese Indologist, linguist, paleographer, historian and writer who has been honored by the governments of both India and China. Ji was proficient in many languages including Chinese, Sanskrit, Arabic, English, German, French, Russian, Pali and Tocharian, and translated many works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ji Xianlin has received more than 92,945 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ji Xianlin is the 461st most popular historian, the 937th most popular biography from China and the 5th most popular Chinese Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 93k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ji Xianlin ranks 461 out of 561. Before him are Lothrop Stoddard, René Rémond, Donald Nicol, Miguel León-Portilla, Richard J. Evans, and Simon Janashia. After him are Lidiya Ponomarenko, William Robertson, Arthur Smith Woodward, Hermann Oldenberg, Charles A. Beard, and Benjamin Mazar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Ji Xianlin ranks 294. Before him are Pritilata Waddedar, Savino Guglielmetti, Alan Hovhaness, José Muguerza, Martha Genenger, and Ekrem Akurgal. After him are Charles Mathiesen, Nils Eriksen, Ashok Kumar, Dudley Senanayake, Bruno Heim, and Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Among people deceased in 2009, Ji Xianlin ranks 273. Before him are Francisco Valdés, Kazuhiko Nishijima, Idea Vilariño, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Luciano Emmer, and József Sákovics. After him are Ali Akbar Khan, Alfred Hrdlicka, René Bliard, Alan A'Court, John Martyn, and Ernst Benda.

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In China

Among people born in China, Ji Xianlin ranks 937 out of 1,610. Before him are Jiang Rong (1946), Yang Zhongjian (1897), Hui Liangyu (1944), Gu Kailai (1958), Lidiya Vertinskaya (1923), and Ilham Tohti (1969). After him are Ding Xuexiang (1962), Kris Wu (1990), Jia Xiuquan (1963), Donduk Kuular (1888), Ni Xialian (1963), and Zhou Xiaochuan (1948).

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Among HISTORIANS In China

Among historians born in China, Ji Xianlin ranks 5. Before him are Sima Qian (-145), Cangjie (-2650), Pei Songzhi (372), and Guo Pu (276). After him are Zhao Rukuo (1170).

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