WRITER

Josef Jungmann

1773 - 1847

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Josef Jungmann (16 July 1773 in Hudlice, near Beroun – 14 November 1847 in Prague) was a Czech poet and linguist, and a leading figure of the Czech National Revival. Together with Josef Dobrovský, he is considered to be a creator of the modern Czech language. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef Jungmann has received more than 69,975 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Josef Jungmann is the 2,610th most popular writer (up from 3,012th in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 367th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Czech Writer.

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  • 70k

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  • 60.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Josef Jungmann ranks 2,610 out of 7,302. Before him are Géza Gárdonyi, Paschasius Radbertus, Banana Yoshimoto, Tobias Smollett, Mohammed Hussein Heikal, and Sima Tan. After him are Gertrud von Le Fort, Georg Herwegh, Ivan Mažuranić, Mihail Sadoveanu, Varro Atacinus, and Terry Goodkind.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Josef Jungmann ranks 29. Before him are Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, Étienne Maurice Gérard, Ioannis Kolettis, Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, and Jakob Friedrich Fries. After him are Yuri Lisyansky, Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Sally Hemings, Frédéric Cuvier, William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, and Henrik Steffens. Among people deceased in 1847, Josef Jungmann ranks 21. Before him are Maria Schicklgruber, Friedrich von Gärtner, Thiệu Trị, Charles Hatchett, William II, Elector of Hesse, and Ioannis Kolettis. After him are Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil, Alexandre Deschapelles, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, Karl Friedrich Burdach, Marie Antoinette Murat, and William Smith.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Jungmann ranks 322 out of 1,200. Before him are Victor Kugler (1900), Margrave Andrew of Burgau (1558), Marta Kubišová (1942), Christian Mayer (1719), Milan Baroš (1981), and Karel Poborský (1972). After him are Count Gustav Kálnoky (1832), Józef Czapski (1896), Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859), Vladislaus III, Duke of Bohemia (1160), Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729), and Gabriel von Max (1840).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Josef Jungmann ranks 34. Before him are Pavel Kohout (1928), Alois Jirásek (1851), Karel Hynek Mácha (1810), Vítězslav Nezval (1900), Alois Musil (1868), and Karel Jaromír Erben (1811). After him are Józef Czapski (1896), Josef Škvorecký (1924), Petr Chelčický (1390), Fritz Mauthner (1849), Tom Stoppard (1937), and Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821).

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