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Butrus al-Bustani

1819 - 1883

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Butrus al-Bustani (Arabic: بُطرُس الْبُسْتَانِيّ, ALA-LC: Buṭrus al-Bustānī; 1819–1883) was a Lebanese writer and scholar. He was a major figure in the Nahda, the Arab renaissance which began in Ottoman Egypt and had spread to all Arab-populated regions of the Ottoman Empire by the end of the 19th century. He is considered to have been the first Syrian nationalist, due to his publication of Nafir Suriyya which began following the 1860 Mount Lebanon civil war. He founded the secular Arabic-language al-madrasa al-wataniyya (the National School) in 1863 in Beirut. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Butrus al-Bustani is the 3,325th most popular writer (down from 3,186th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 86th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Lebanese Writer.

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Among writers, Butrus al-Bustani ranks 3,325 out of 7,302. Before him are Symeon of Polotsk, Léon-Paul Fargue, Ibn Zaydún, Anatoly Rybakov, Harold Russell, and Christopher Robin Milne. After him are Alan Sillitoe, August Šenoa, Sohrab Sepehri, Salomėja Nėris, Antoine Furetière, and Robert M. Pirsig.

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Among people born in 1819, Butrus al-Bustani ranks 62. Before him are Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Panteleimon Kulish, Charles Kingsley, and Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb. After him are Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Edwin Drake, Théodore Gouvy, James Russell Lowell, Władysław Taczanowski, and Nicolae Bălcescu. Among people deceased in 1883, Butrus al-Bustani ranks 52. Before him are Ciprian Porumbescu, Heinrich von Ferstel, Louis-François-Clement Breguet, Edward Sabine, Auguste Clésinger, and Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse. After him are Alexander H. Stephens, Dục Đức, Hiệp Hòa, Francesco de Sanctis, Joachim Barrande, and Mahmud Nedim Pasha.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Butrus al-Bustani ranks 84 out of 145. Before him are Aram I (1947), Fakhr al-Din II (1572), Ziad Jarrah (1975), Charles Helou (1913), Nancy Ajram (1983), and Elie Hobeika (1956). After him are Rashid Karami (1921), Bashir Shihab II (1767), Wadih El Safi (1921), Mikha'il Na'ima (1889), Georgina Rizk (1953), and Tigran Mansurian (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Lebanon

Among writers born in Lebanon, Butrus al-Bustani ranks 6. Before him are Khalil Gibran (1883), Amin Maalouf (1949), Antipater of Sidon (-200), Etel Adnan (1925), and Philo of Byblos (64). After him are Mikha'il Na'ima (1889), Charles Malik (1906), Elias Khoury (1948), Said Akl (1911), Sanchuniathon (-150), and Wajdi Mouawad (1968).

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