POLITICIAN

Xu Shichang

1855 - 1939

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Xu Shichang (Hsu Shih-chang; Chinese: 徐世昌; pinyin: Xú Shìchāng; Wade–Giles: Hsü2 Shih4-ch'ang1; courtesy name: Juren (Chu-jen; 菊人); October 20, 1855 – June 5, 1939) was the President of the Republic of China, in Beijing, from 10 October 1918 to 2 June 1922. The only permanent president of the Beiyang government to be a civilian, his presidency was also the longest of the warlord era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Xu Shichang has received more than 155,637 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Xu Shichang is the 7,855th most popular politician (up from 8,460th in 2019), the 571st most popular biography from China (up from 584th in 2019) and the 325th most popular Chinese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Xu Shichangs by language

Over the past year Xu Shichang has had the most page views in the with 63,179 views, followed by English (24,818), and Japanese (7,589). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Wu Chinese (343.71%), Classical Chinese (114.15%), and Turkish (75.14%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Xu Shichang ranks 7,855 out of 19,576. Before him are Evgeny Pashukanis, Lord William Bentinck, Leopold Figl, Rostislav I of Kiev, Jonas Basanavičius, and Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy. After him are Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Ismail Khan, Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, Henry Beaufort, Yuriko Koike, and Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Xu Shichang ranks 32. Before him are Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Christian Bohr, Evelyn De Morgan, Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Vsevolod Garshin, and Alexandre Darracq. After him are Eduard Meyer, Edwin Hall, Alexandros Zaimis, Louis de Beaufront, Pavlos Kountouriotis, and Joseph Hellmesberger Jr.. Among people deceased in 1939, Xu Shichang ranks 53. Before him are Armand Călinescu, Kolë Idromeno, Eugen Weidmann, Bronisława Dłuska, Arthur Rackham, and Edvard Westermarck. After him are Kyōka Izumi, Oscar Milosz, Yevgeny Miller, Konstantin Korovin, Havelock Ellis, and S. S. Van Dine.

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In China

Among people born in China, Xu Shichang ranks 571 out of 1,610. Before him are Yuan Zhen (779), Shiing-Shen Chern (1911), Joan Chen (1961), Xia Gui (1195), Yun Shouping (1633), and Huang Xing (1874). After him are Go Seigen (1914), Li Siyuan (867), Octar (350), Man Chong (209), Liang Kai (1200), and Wen Zhengming (1470).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Xu Shichang ranks 325. Before him are Ragibagh Khan (1320), Yin Lihua (5), Ngawang Namgyal (1594), Zhong Yao (151), Wang Qishan (1948), and Huang Xing (1874). After him are Li Siyuan (867), Octar (350), Man Chong (209), Fang Xuanling (578), Zhang Wentian (1900), and Tung Chee-hwa (1937).

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