WRITER

Matthías Jochumsson

1835 - 1920

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Matthías Jochumsson (11 November 1835 – 18 November 1920) was an Icelandic Lutheran clergyman, poet, playwright, and translator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthías Jochumsson has received more than 39,900 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Matthías Jochumsson is the 2,787th most popular writer (up from 3,237th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 31st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Icelander Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Matthías Jochumsson ranks 2,787 out of 7,302Before him are Larry Niven, Marion Chesney, Guido Guinizelli, Ōtomo no Yakamochi, Carl Sandburg, and Kamo no Chōmei. After him are Tadeusz Różewicz, Philitas of Cos, James Herriot, Symeon of Polotsk, Kristjan Jaak Peterson, and Juvencus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Matthías Jochumsson ranks 43Before him are Christian Otto Mohr, Eugenio Beltrami, Raffi, John Hughlings Jackson, Grigory Potanin, and Émile Combes. After him are Lunalilo, Raphael Kalinowski, Alexander Potebnja, Franz Defregger, Henri Brisson, and Auguste Kerckhoffs. Among people deceased in 1920, Matthías Jochumsson ranks 55Before him are Maria Bochkareva, Nikolai Korotkov, John Wesley Hyatt, Afonso, Duke of Porto, Grigory Potanin, and Ryu Gwansun. After him are Kliment Timiryazev, Maciej Sulkiewicz, Odoardo Beccari, Moritz Cantor, Vladimir Kappel, and Richard Dehmel.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Matthías Jochumsson ranks 29 out of 190Before him are Jón Arason (1484), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Guðbergur Bergsson (1932), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), and Thorvald Eiriksson (972). After him are Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), Erró (1932), Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), Geir Haarde (1951), Davíð Oddsson (1948), and Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975).

Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Matthías Jochumsson ranks 12Before him are Magnús Scheving (1964), Jón Arason (1484), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Guðbergur Bergsson (1932), and Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807). After him are Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), Sturla Þórðarson (1214), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), Einar Benediktsson (1864), Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963), and Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958).