1579 - 1639
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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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.
1871 - 1942
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 257
1279 - 1333
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 258
442 - 510
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 259
1912 - 2003
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 260
1865 - 1959
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 261
1930 - 2006
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 262
1579 - 1639
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 263
1931 - 2015
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 264
1862 - 1954
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 265
1908 - 1977
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 266
1701 - 1790
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 267
1867 - 1953
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 268
1886 - 1969
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 269
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.
1579 - 1620
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 6
1579 - 1666
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 7
1579 - 1625
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 8
1579 - 1649
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 9
1579 - 1633
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 10
1579 - 1628
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 11
1579 - 1639
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 12
1579 - 1644
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 13
1579 - 1660
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 14
1579 - 1579
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 15
1604 - 1639
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 6
1597 - 1639
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 7
1587 - 1639
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 8
1581 - 1639
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 9
1580 - 1639
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 10
1586 - 1639
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 11
1579 - 1639
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 12
1597 - 1639
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 13
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).
1975 - Present
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 509
1589 - 1676
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 510
1588 - 1664
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 511
1856 - 1894
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 512
1964 - Present
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 513
1822 - 1897
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 514
1579 - 1639
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 515
1920 - 2001
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 516
1921 - 2013
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 517
1900 - 1987
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 518
1612 - 1640
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 519
1624 - 1679
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 520
1933 - Present
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 521
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).
1872 - 1945
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 1
1563 - 1611
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 2
1798 - 1872
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 3
1820 - 1883
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 4
1579 - 1639
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 5
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 6