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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 36,837 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Matthías Jochumsson is the 3,249th most popular writer (down from 3,050th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Iceland (down from 30th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Icelander Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Matthías Jochumsson ranks 3,249 out of 5,755Before him are Leif G. W. Persson, William of Apulia, Henry Becque, Şihabetdin Märcani, Ludovico di Varthema, and Mikhail Kuzmin. After him are Gennadiy Aygi, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi, Lilian Jackson Braun, Diane Disney Miller, Alice Schwarzer, and Stefanie Zweig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Matthías Jochumsson ranks 47Before him are Lunalilo, Auguste Kerckhoffs, Theodore Thomas, Alexander Potebnja, Krišjānis Barons, and Raphael Kalinowski. After him are Felix Draeseke, Grigory Potanin, Duchess Agnes of Württemberg, Henri Brisson, Franz Defregger, and Adlai Stevenson I. Among people deceased in 1920, Matthías Jochumsson ranks 64Before him are Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Delfim Moreira, Richard Dehmel, Hector Hodler, Nasib Yusifbeyli, and Olive Thomas. After him are Grigory Potanin, Adolf Albin, Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, Hermann von Struve, John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, and Pál Szinyei Merse.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Matthías Jochumsson ranks 31 out of 180Before him are Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), Jón Ögmundsson (1052), Gunnar Hansen (1947), Geir Haarde (1951), and Friðrik Ólafsson (1935). After him are Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (1885), Sturla Þórðarson (1214), Jón Leifs (1899), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), Guðbrandur Þorláksson (1542), and Eiður Guðjohnsen (1978).

Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Matthías Jochumsson ranks 11Before him are Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Jón Arason (1484), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Magnús Scheving (1964), and Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807). After him are Sturla Þórðarson (1214), Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), Einar Benediktsson (1864), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), and Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958).