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Ugo Foscolo

1778 - 1827

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Ugo Foscolo (Italian: [ˈuːɡo ˈfoskolo, fɔs-]; 6 February 1778 – 10 September 1827), born Niccolò Foscolo, was an Italian writer, revolutionary and poet. He is especially remembered for his 1807 long poem Dei Sepolcri. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ugo Foscolo has received more than 298,208 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Ugo Foscolo is the 1,170th most popular writer (down from 1,138th in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from Greece (down from 260th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Greek Writer.

Ugo Foscolo is most famous for his poem "Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis."

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ugo Foscolo ranks 1,170 out of 7,302. Before him are Sankardev, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Gottfried Benn, Mercè Rodoreda, Polyaenus, and Bāṇabhaṭṭa. After him are E. Howard Hunt, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, Giovanni Papini, Francesco Maria Piave, Sadriddin Ayni, and Joachim du Bellay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, Ugo Foscolo ranks 17. Before him are Fernando Sor, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Clemens Brentano, Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, and Coenraad Jacob Temminck. After him are Kittur Chennamma, Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Carl Ludvig Engel, Carl Bernhard von Trinius, Beau Brummell, and Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1827, Ugo Foscolo ranks 11. Before him are William Blake, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Wilhelm Hauff, Maria Theresa of Austria, and George Canning. After him are Ernst Chladni, Samuel Crompton, Wilhelm Müller, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Georgios Karaiskakis, and Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Ugo Foscolo ranks 271 out of 1,024. Before him are Rigas Feraios (1757), George Maniakes (998), Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1872), Vicky Leandros (1949), Theodore Komnenos Doukas (1180), and Agis II (-490). After him are Alexandros Papagos (1883), Cyril Lucaris (1572), Euphronios (-520), Cylon of Athens (-700), Theaetetus (-417), and Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Ugo Foscolo ranks 33. Before him are Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), Corinna (-501), Jean Moréas (1856), Agathon (-448), Lycophron (-320), and Rigas Feraios (1757). After him are Cratinus (-500), Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger (1062), Phrynichus (-535), Semonides of Amorgos (-650), Diagoras of Melos (-450), and Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423).

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