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Bohuslav Balbín

1621 - 1688

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Bohuslav Balbín (3 December 1621 – 29 November 1688) was a Czech writer, historian, geographer and Jesuit, called the "Czech Pliny". He became well known also as an advocate of the Czech language in the time of incoming germanization of the Czech lands. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bohuslav Balbín is the 4,056th most popular writer (up from 4,580th in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 575th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Czech Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bohuslav Balbín ranks 4,056 out of 7,302. Before him are Zsigmond Móricz, Gary Chapman, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Emmy Hennings, Andrejs Pumpurs, and Bret Harte. After him are Emma Lazarus, Marcel Jouhandeau, Shinichi Hoshi, Hồ Xuân Hương, Paul Fort, and Adam Naruszewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1621, Bohuslav Balbín ranks 18. Before him are Isaac van Ostade, Shi Lang, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, Jan Baptist Weenix, Matthew Locke, and Andrew Marvell. After him are John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, Wacław Potocki, and Henry Vaughan. Among people deceased in 1688, Bohuslav Balbín ranks 17. Before him are Philippe Quinault, Abraham Duquesne, Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, François Bernier, Antoine Furetière, and Marcantonio Giustinian. After him are Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow, and Ralph Cudworth.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Bohuslav Balbín ranks 516 out of 1,200. Before him are Harun Farocki (1944), Edgar G. Ulmer (1904), Antonín Švehla (1873), Adolf Šimperský (1909), Miroslav Tyrš (1832), and Július Bielik (1962). After him are Jan Santini Aichel (1677), Karel Hartmann (1885), Ernst Deutsch (1890), Friedrich Gustav Piffl (1864), David Černý (1967), and Valentin Loos (1895).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Bohuslav Balbín ranks 52. Before him are Karel Kryl (1944), Arnošt Lustig (1926), Jiří Dienstbier (1937), Jiří Wolker (1900), Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853), and Daniela Hodrová (1946). After him are Moritz Steinschneider (1816), Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808), Ludvík Vaculík (1926), Karel Sabina (1813), Julius Zeyer (1841), and Jan Blahoslav (1523).

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