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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 69,525 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Simonas Daukantas is the 3,369th most popular writer (up from 3,502nd in 2019), the 699th most popular biography from Poland (up from 704th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Polish Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Simonas Daukantas ranks 3,369 out of 5,755. Before him are Sturla Þórðarson, Orhan Veli Kanık, Louis Pergaud, Charles Fort, Maurice Paléologue, and Anton Delvig. After him are Tullio Pinelli, Agnieszka Osiecka, Buddhadasa, Vince Gilligan, Oles Honchar, and Michael Cristofer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, Simonas Daukantas ranks 34. Before him are Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Aleksander Fredro, Johann Lukas Schönlein, Ludwig Reichenbach, Lucretia Mott, and Casimir Delavigne. After him are Joseph Paul Gaimard, Martin Rathke, Diego Portales, Auguste of Anhalt-Dessau, Kazim Rashti, and Stephen F. Austin. Among people deceased in 1864, Simonas Daukantas ranks 45. Before him are Johann Lukas Schönlein, Alexandre Calame, Pedro Santana, Luke Howard, Sakuma Shōzan, and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg. After him are Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, Simon von Stampfer, J. E. B. Stuart, Charles Julien Brianchon, Rudolf Wagner, and Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Simonas Daukantas ranks 699 out of 1,454. Before him are Rainer Barzel (1924), Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1769), August Hlond (1881), Wolfgang Weber (1944), Max Weber (1881), and Theodor Kullak (1818). After him are Abraham Robinson (1918), Agnieszka Osiecka (1936), Czesław Kiszczak (1925), Aleksander Wolszczan (1946), Stanisław Konarski (1700), and Leopold von Wiese (1876).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Simonas Daukantas ranks 80. Before him are Martin Gray (1922), Stefanie Zweig (1932), Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (1835), Marcin Kromer (1512), Joanna Chmielewska (1932), and Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921). After him are Agnieszka Osiecka (1936), Stanisław Konarski (1700), Rutka Laskier (1929), Alfred Kerr (1867), Marcin Bielski (1495), and Bronisława Wajs (1908).

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