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Willem Bilderdijk

1756 - 1831

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Willem Bilderdijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləm ˈbɪldərˌdɛik]; 7 September 1756 – 18 December 1831) was a Dutch poet, historian, lawyer, and linguist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willem Bilderdijk has received more than 32,164 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Willem Bilderdijk is the 4,918th most popular writer (up from 4,933rd in 2019), the 762nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 725th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Dutch Writer.

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  • 54.85

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Willem Bilderdijk ranks 4,918 out of 7,302. Before him are C. L. Moore, Diane Ackerman, Eugène Guillevic, József Katona, Jan Arnald, and Edmund Wilson. After him are Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau, Richard Bentley, Ján Hollý, Beatriz Galindo, Sophia Elisabet Brenner, and John Hersey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1756, Willem Bilderdijk ranks 43. Before him are Michael von Kienmayer, Everard Home, Francesca Lebrun, Georg Friedrich von Martens, Henry Lee III, and Franz Josef Gerstner. After him are Thomas Linley the younger, and Christian Gottfried Körner. Among people deceased in 1831, Willem Bilderdijk ranks 50. Before him are Anton Delvig, Dmitry Senyavin, Józef Kozłowski, Josef August Schultes, John Sims, and Johannes Baptista von Albertini. After him are José Tomás Ovalle, Christian Gottfried Körner, Christian Ehrenfried Weigel, William Roscoe, and Henry Hutchinson.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem Bilderdijk ranks 762 out of 1,646. Before him are Marleen Gorris (1948), Zara Whites (1968), Andries Jonker (1962), Greetje Kauffeld (1939), Thomas van Erpe (1584), and Willem Piso (1611). After him are Simone Simons (1985), Kees de Jager (1921), Johan Boskamp (1948), Hans van Mierlo (1931), Fred Rutten (1962), and Eddy Pieters Graafland (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Willem Bilderdijk ranks 40. Before him are Janwillem van de Wetering (1931), Gerbrand Bredero (1585), Mieke Bal (1946), Anna Enquist (1945), Betje Wolff (1738), and Herman Heijermans (1864). After him are Nicolaas Beets (1814), Albert Mol (1917), Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860), Henriette Roland Holst (1869), Thea Beckman (1923), and Jan de Hartog (1914).

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