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Johannes Meursius

1579 - 1639

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Johannes Meursius (van Meurs) (9 February 1579 – 20 September 1639) was a Dutch classical scholar and antiquary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes Meursius has received more than 24,693 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Johannes Meursius is the 263rd most popular historian (down from 234th in 2019), the 515th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 496th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Historian.

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  • 50.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Johannes Meursius ranks 263 out of 339. Before him are Guglielmo Ferrero, Al-Nuwayri, Ghazar Parpetsi, Christopher Hill, Bernard Berenson, and Pierre Vidal-Naquet. After him are Walter Burkert, Émile Mâle, Bobojon Ghafurov, Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, Alexander Vasiliev, and George Cœdès.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, Johannes Meursius ranks 12. Before him are Carlo Saraceni, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, John Fletcher, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Juan Pablo Bonet, and Jens Munk. After him are Luis Vélez de Guevara, Chimalpahin, and John Ogilvie. Among people deceased in 1639, Johannes Meursius ranks 12. Before him are Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, Martin Opitz, Stefano Landi, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Augusta of Denmark, and John Ford. After him is Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Johannes Meursius ranks 515 out of 1,427. Before him are Roy Makaay (1975), Gisbertus Voetius (1589), Jan Janssonius (1588), Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856), Gerald Vanenburg (1964), and Willem Roelofs (1822). After him are Barend Biesheuvel (1920), Jetty Paerl (1921), Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1900), Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz (1612), Jan van de Cappelle (1624), and Frits Bolkestein (1933).

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Among HISTORIANS In Netherlands

Among historians born in Netherlands, Johannes Meursius ranks 5. Before him are Johan Huizinga (1872), Jan Huyghen van Linschoten (1563), Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798), and Reinhart Dozy (1820). After him are Martin van Creveld (1946).

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