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Antiochus Kantemir

1708 - 1744

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Antiochus or Antioch Kantemir or Cantemir (Russian: Антиох Дмитриевич Кантемир, romanized: Antiokh Dmitrievich Kantemir; Romanian: Antioh Cantemir; Turkish: Antioh Kantemiroğlu; French: Antioche Cantemir; 8 September 1708 – 31 March 1744) was a Moldavian who served as a man of letters, diplomat, and prince during the Russian Enlightenment. He has been called "the father of Russian poetry". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antiochus Kantemir is the 2,421st most popular writer (down from 2,412th in 2019), the 783rd most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 761st in 2019) and the 71st most popular Turkish Writer.

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Among writers, Antiochus Kantemir ranks 2,421 out of 7,302. Before him are Alexander Fadeyev, Renaud Camus, James Boswell, Esaias Tegnér, Marius Aventicensis, and Samuil Marshak. After him are Isaac Alfasi, Lucilius Junior, Paschasius Radbertus, Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, Irvine Welsh, and Ivan Mažuranić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1708, Antiochus Kantemir ranks 9. Before him are Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia, Albrecht von Haller, Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Pompeo Batoni, 7th Dalai Lama, and Safdar Jang. After him are Egidio Duni, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Olof von Dalin, Johann Adolf Scheibe, Paul Egede, and Friedrich von Hagedorn. Among people deceased in 1744, Antiochus Kantemir ranks 12. Before him are Giuseppe Guarneri, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, André Campra, Leonardo Leo, Marie Anne de Mailly, and John Theophilus Desaguliers. After him are Johann Heinrich Schulze, John Hadley, Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, and Filippo Randazzo.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Antiochus Kantemir ranks 783 out of 1,347. Before him are Nuri Bilge Ceylan (1959), Zeki Müren (1931), Ivan Isakov (1894), Ahmed Nihad (1883), Simonida (1294), and Nizamüddin Ahmed Pasha (1281). After him are Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet (1881), Amykos (null), Sadyattes (-700), Joachim III of Constantinople (1834), Argishti II (-800), and Euthymius I of Constantinople (834).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Antiochus Kantemir ranks 71. Before him are Paul the Silentiary (520), Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676), Constantine Manasses (1130), Phocylides (-560), Xenophon of Ephesus (101), and Zeki Müren (1931). After him are Dares Phrygius (450), Cigerxwîn (1903), John VIII of Constantinople (1005), Chariton (100), Theodore Abu Qurrah (750), and Timotheus of Miletus (-450).

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