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Pehr Henrik Ling

1776 - 1839

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Pehr Henrik Ling (15 November 1776 – 3 May 1839) pioneered the teaching of physical education in Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pehr Henrik Ling has received more than 221,047 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Pehr Henrik Ling is the 1,395th most popular writer (down from 1,386th in 2019).

Pehr Henrik Ling is most famous for being the founder of the Swedish system of gymnastics.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

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  • 59.13

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

A biographical sketch of the Swedish poet and gymnasiarch, P.H. Ling
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A biographical sketch of the Swedish poet and gymnasiarch, P.H. Ling
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1854

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pehr Henrik Ling ranks 1,395 out of 7,302. Before him are Don DeLillo, François de Malherbe, Robin Hobb, Magda Szabó, Dnyaneshwar, and Mendele Mocher Sforim. After him are Fulcher of Chartres, César Vallejo, Sima Xiangru, Siegfried Lenz, Robert Bloch, and Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, Pehr Henrik Ling ranks 14. Before him are Caroline of Baden, Şehzade Abdullah, Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, Johann Wilhelm Ritter, Barthold Georg Niebuhr, and Jean-Pierre Boyer. After him are Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Simon Fraser, Peter Barlow, Vasily Tropinin, and Jean Lafitte. Among people deceased in 1839, Pehr Henrik Ling ranks 9. Before him are Caroline Bonaparte, Fernando Sor, Friedrich Mohs, Ranjit Singh, William, Duke of Nassau, and Princess Marie of Orléans. After him are William Smith, Joseph Fesch, Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia, Charlotte Bonaparte, William Murdoch, and Lord William Bentinck.

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