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Nicander

250 BC - 170 BC

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Nicander of Colophon (Greek: Νίκανδρος ὁ Κολοφώνιος, translit. Níkandros ho Kolophṓnios; fl. 2nd century BC), Greek poet, physician and grammarian, was born at Claros (Ahmetbeyli in modern Turkey), near Colophon, where his family held the hereditary priesthood of Apollo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicander has received more than 83,775 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Nicander is the 1,650th most popular writer (up from 1,681st in 2019), the 562nd most popular biography from Turkey (down from 547th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Turkish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 84k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nicander ranks 1,650 out of 5,755. Before him are Eric Carle, Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Dick Bruna, Terry Brooks, Augusto Boal, and Theophylact of Ohrid. After him are Lu You, Arnaldur Indriðason, E. E. Cummings, Andreas Gryphius, Alexander Fadeyev, and Richard Brautigan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 250 BC, Nicander ranks 9. Before him are Syphax, Fusu, Lykourgos, Eumenes I, Touman, and Chen Sheng. After him are Tiberius Sempronius Longus, Gala, Aulus Atilius Calatinus, An Dương Vương, Appius Claudius Pulcher, and Zeno of Tarsus. Among people deceased in 170 BC, Nicander ranks 1. After him is Sotion.

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    Nicander

    250 BC - 170 BC

    HPI: 56.69

    Rank: 1

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    Sotion

    250 BC - 170 BC

    HPI: 48.98

    Rank: 2

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Nicander ranks 562 out of 1,301. Before him are John IV of Constantinople (600), Bohemond IV of Antioch (1172), Sosthenes of Macedon (-400), Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha (1838), Uğur Şahin (1965), and Édouard Balladur (1929). After him are Hipponax (-600), Fatma Girik (1942), George Hamartolos (900), Alexander Polyhistor (-100), Isaac of Armenia (338), and Theodore II Palaiologos (1396).

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Among WRITERS In Turkey

Among writers born in Turkey, Nicander ranks 45. Before him are Petros Markaris (1937), Symeon the New Theologian (949), Yaşar Kemal (1923), Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929), Zeki Müren (1931), and Xenophon of Ephesus (101). After him are Hipponax (-600), Alexander Polyhistor (-100), Adamantios Korais (1748), Namık Kemal (1840), Symeon the Metaphrast (900), and John of Ephesus (507).

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