WRITER

Simonas Daukantas

1793 - 1864

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Simonas Daukantas (Polish: Szymon Dowkont; 28 October 1793 – 6 December 1864) was a Lithuanian/Samogitian historian, writer, and ethnographer. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian National Revival, he is credited as the author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language. Only a few of his works were published during his lifetime and he died in obscurity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simonas Daukantas has received more than 73,142 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Simonas Daukantas is the 3,979th most popular writer (down from 3,357th in 2019), the 830th most popular biography from Poland (down from 699th in 2019) and the 95th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Simonas Daukantas ranks 3,979 out of 7,302. Before him are Palaephatus, Elena Văcărescu, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, Shinichi Hoshi, Sigbjørn Obstfelder, and Irena Veisaitė. After him are Emmy Hennings, Titus Calpurnius Siculus, Lady Ise, Frankétienne, Yuriy Venelin, and Wilferd Madelung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, Simonas Daukantas ranks 37. Before him are Casimir Delavigne, Johann Lukas Schönlein, Lucretia Mott, Demetrios Ypsilantis, Nana Asmaʼu, and Kazim Rashti. After him are Diego Portales, Martin Rathke, Stephen F. Austin, Joseph Paul Gaimard, William Hopkins, and Philip Barker-Webb. Among people deceased in 1864, Simonas Daukantas ranks 54. Before him are Gaetano Bedini, Nana Asmaʼu, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana, Heinrich Rose, J. E. B. Stuart, and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg. After him are Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, Hermann, Prince of Wied, Walter Savage Landor, Anna Harrison, Gonçalves Dias, and David Sassoon.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Simonas Daukantas ranks 830 out of 1,694. Before him are Helena Pilejczyk (1931), Alina Szapocznikow (1926), Zofia Nałkowska (1884), Małgorzata Braunek (1947), Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł (1778), and Gustaw Herling-Grudziński (1919). After him are Frederick Jagiellon (1468), Jan Śniadecki (1756), Max Fleischer (1883), Eva-Maria Hagen (1934), Zygmunt Maszczyk (1945), and Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Simonas Daukantas ranks 95. Before him are Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (1835), Tadeusz Konwicki (1926), Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889), Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768), Zofia Nałkowska (1884), and Gustaw Herling-Grudziński (1919). After him are Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921), Horst Bienek (1930), Arno Holz (1863), Anna Langfus (1920), Jan Kott (1914), and Jurek Becker (1937).

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