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Karl Schenk

1823 - 1895

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Johann Karl Emmanuel Schenk (1 December 1823 – 18 July 1895) was a Swiss pastor, politician, and member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1863 until his death in 1895. Serving for 31 years and 218 days, he was the longest-serving member in the Federal Council. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Schenk has received more than 24,755 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Karl Schenk is the 9,996th most popular politician (up from 12,273rd in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 381st in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Swiss Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 25k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Karl Schenks by language

Over the past year Karl Schenk has had the most page views in the with 3,996 views, followed by English (3,454), and French (1,521). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (94.53%), Italian (78.25%), and Chinese (68.55%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Karl Schenk ranks 9,996 out of 19,576. Before him are Xin Qiji, Matteo Salvini, Besse Cooper, Jovenel Moïse, Ramón Castillo, and Heinrich Kiepert. After him are Ibn al-Qalanisi, Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, Huzziya II, Anerood Jugnauth, Miro, and Illig Qaghan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Karl Schenk ranks 39. Before him are Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria, Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Marietta Alboni, Enrico Betti, and Sanford Robinson Gifford. After him are Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Alfred Stevens, Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, Sophie Adlersparre, Imre Madách, and Paul Janet. Among people deceased in 1895, Karl Schenk ranks 44. Before him are Stefan Stambolov, Ding Ruchang, Tomoji Tanabe, Albert F. Mummery, Władysław Podkowiński, and Karl Vogt. After him are Benjamin Godard, Lahiri Mahasaya, Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia, L. L. Langstroth, Eugen Langen, and Ahmed Cevdet Pasha.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Karl Schenk ranks 279 out of 1,015. Before him are Leopold Kielholz (1911), Peter Bieri (1944), Flavio Cotti (1939), Carl Jacob Burckhardt (1891), Numa Droz (1844), and Johann II Bernoulli (1710). After him are Emer de Vattel (1714), Alexandre Calame (1810), Jakob Dubs (1822), Arthur Cravan (1887), Adolf Wölfli (1864), and Kurt Koch (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Karl Schenk ranks 43. Before him are Ernst Brenner (1856), Giuseppe Motta (1871), Walter Hauser (1837), Christoph Blocher (1940), Flavio Cotti (1939), and Numa Droz (1844). After him are Jakob Dubs (1822), Henri Druey (1799), Carl Lutz (1895), Joseph Deiss (1946), Didier Burkhalter (1960), and Paul Grüninger (1891).

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