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John of Ephesus

507 - 588

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John of Ephesus (or of Asia) (Greek: Ίωάννης ό Έφέσιος, Classical Syriac: ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܐܦܣܘܣ, c. 507 – c. 588 AD) was a leader of the early Syriac Orthodox Church in the sixth century and one of the earliest and the most important historians to write in Syriac. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John of Ephesus has received more than 100,607 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. John of Ephesus is the 2,476th most popular writer (down from 1,785th in 2019), the 640th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 597th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Turkish Writer.

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  • 100k

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  • 60.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John of Ephesus ranks 2,476 out of 7,302. Before him are Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, Valentin Kataev, Andrey Kurbsky, Lidia Zamenhof, George Ohsawa, and Sergey Aksakov. After him are Marlen Haushofer, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Richard Wright, Eeva Kilpi, Ludovic Halévy, and Jerzy Andrzejewski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 507, John of Ephesus ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 588, John of Ephesus ranks 1. After him are Bagha Qaghan, Ælla of Deira, and Simeon the Holy Fool.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, John of Ephesus ranks 640 out of 1,347. Before him are Alice of Antioch (1110), Şükrü Saracoğlu (1887), Parthenius of Nicaea (-1), Tychicus (null), Mustafa Çelebi (1380), and Saint Domnius (300). After him are Theodore I Palaiologos (1355), Sibel Can (1970), Manuel III of Trebizond (1364), Timotheus of Miletus (-450), Alec Issigonis (1906), and Nuri Bilge Ceylan (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, John of Ephesus ranks 73. Before him are Cigerxwîn (1903), Bion of Smyrna (-300), Antiochus Kantemir (1708), Ibn Kemal (1468), Chariton (100), and Parthenius of Nicaea (-1). After him are Timotheus of Miletus (-450), Theodore Prodromos (1115), Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil (1865), Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676), Aristeas (-600), and Cleitarchus (-400).

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