BIOLOGIST

Michał Boym

1614 - 1659

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Michał Piotr Boym, SJ (Chinese: 卜彌格; pinyin: Bǔ Mígé; c. 1612 – 1659) was a Polish Jesuit missionary to China, scientist and explorer. He was an early Western traveller within the Chinese mainland, and the author of numerous works on Asian fauna, flora and geography. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michał Boym has received more than 71,771 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Michał Boym is the 324th most popular biologist (down from 243rd in 2019), the 346th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 276th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Ukrainian Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 72k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Michał Boyms by language

Over the past year Michał Boym has had the most page views in the with 9,377 views, followed by English (8,987), and Chinese (8,483). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (118.29%), Catalan (79.61%), and Latin (67.77%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Michał Boym ranks 324 out of 1,097. Before him are John Sulston, Rupert Sheldrake, Bruce Beutler, Charles Chamberland, Eugenius Warming, and Phillip Allen Sharp. After him are Armen Takhtajan, Erich von Tschermak, Philibert Commerson, Auguste Chevalier, Alexander von Nordmann, and Leizu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1614, Michał Boym ranks 11. Before him are Juan Carreño de Miranda, Jahanara Begum, Hallgrímur Pétursson, Henry II, Duke of Guise, Martino Martini, and Henry More. After him are Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Élisabeth de Bourbon, Franz Tunder, Francisco Rizi, John Lilburne, and Gonzales Coques. Among people deceased in 1659, Michał Boym ranks 7. Before him are Abel Tasman, Hyojong of Joseon, Kaya Sultan, Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, and Simon Dach. After him are Dara Shukoh, Willem Drost, Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt, Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Jan Baptist Weenix, and Giovanni Pesaro.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Michał Boym ranks 346 out of 1,365. Before him are Dmytro Dontsov (1883), Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896), Myroslav Skoryk (1938), Euphemia of Kiev (1100), Ihor Kolomoyskyi (1963), and Felix Blumenfeld (1863). After him are Mikołaj Rej (1505), Larisa Shepitko (1938), Victor Kravchenko (1905), Petro Shelest (1908), Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877), and Bohdan Stupka (1941).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Ukraine

Among biologists born in Ukraine, Michał Boym ranks 7. Before him are Élie Metchnikoff (1845), Trofim Lysenko (1898), Waldemar Haffkine (1860), Ludwik Fleck (1896), Alexander Georg von Bunge (1803), and Sergei Winogradsky (1856). After him are Ivan Martinov (1771), and Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim (1888).

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