WRITER

Dositej Obradović

1742 - 1811

Dositej Obradović

Dositej Obradović (Serbian Cyrillic: Доситеј Обрадовић, Serbian pronunciation: [dɔsǐtɛːj ɔbrǎːdɔʋitɕ]; 17 February 1739 – 7 April 1811) was a Serbian writer, biographer, diarist, philosopher, pedagogue, educational reformer, linguist and the first minister of education of Serbia. An influential protagonist of the Serbian national and cultural renaissance, he advocated Enlightenment and rationalist ideas, while remaining a Serbian patriot and an adherent of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dositej Obradović is the 1,293rd most popular writer (down from 1,091st in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Romania (down from 72nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Romanian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dositej Obradović ranks 1,293 out of 7,302. Before him are Alcman, Ibn al-Nadim, Pierre Larousse, Kurt Tucholsky, Blaise de Vigenère, and Michael Jackson. After him are Judah Leon Abravanel, Jean Giono, Hubert Selby Jr., Yeghishe Charents, Odoric of Pordenone, and Peter Altenberg.

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Alcman
611 BC - 601 BC
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 1,287
Ibn al-Nadim
1000 - 995
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 1,288
Pierre Larousse
1817 - 1875
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 1,289
Kurt Tucholsky
1890 - 1935
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 1,290
Blaise de Vigenère
1523 - 1596
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 1,291
Michael Jackson
1942 - 2007
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 1,292
Dositej Obradović
1742 - 1811
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 1,293
Judah Leon Abravanel
1460 - 1530
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 1,294
Jean Giono
1895 - 1970
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 1,295
Hubert Selby Jr.
1928 - 2004
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 1,296
Yeghishe Charents
1897 - 1937
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1,297
Odoric of Pordenone
1286 - 1331
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1,298
Peter Altenberg
1859 - 1919
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 1,299

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1742, Dositej Obradović ranks 13. Before him are James Wilson, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Nicolas Leblanc, David Bushnell, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, and Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart. After him are Pōmare I, François Laurent d'Arlandes, Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, Ignaz von Born, Charlotte von Stein, and Joseph Brant. Among people deceased in 1811, Dositej Obradović ranks 6. Before him are Heinrich von Kleist, Peter Simon Pallas, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, and Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden. After him are Jean Chalgrin, Nevil Maskelyne, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Eliza Poe, Thomas Percy, and Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton.

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James Wilson
POLITICIAN
1742 - 1798
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 7
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar
POLITICIAN
1742 - 1797
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 8
Nicolas Leblanc
CHEMIST
1742 - 1806
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 9
David Bushnell
INVENTOR
1742 - 1824
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 10
Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1742 - 1819
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 11
Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart
BIOLOGIST
1742 - 1795
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 12
Dositej Obradović
WRITER
1742 - 1811
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 13
Pōmare I
POLITICIAN
1742 - 1803
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 14
François Laurent d'Arlandes
ENGINEER
1742 - 1809
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 15
Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard
PHYSICIAN
1742 - 1793
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 16
Ignaz von Born
POLITICIAN
1742 - 1791
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 17
Charlotte von Stein
NOBLEMAN
1742 - 1827
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 18
Joseph Brant
POLITICIAN
1742 - 1807
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 19

Others Deceased in 1811

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Heinrich von Kleist
WRITER
1777 - 1811
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 1
Peter Simon Pallas
BIOLOGIST
1741 - 1811
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 2
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
EXPLORER
1729 - 1811
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 3
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1753 - 1811
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 4
Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
POLITICIAN
1728 - 1811
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 5
Dositej Obradović
WRITER
1742 - 1811
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 6
Jean Chalgrin
ARCHITECT
1739 - 1811
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 7
Nevil Maskelyne
ASTRONOMER
1732 - 1811
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 8
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos
POLITICIAN
1744 - 1811
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 9
Eliza Poe
ACTOR
1787 - 1811
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 10
Thomas Percy
WRITER
1729 - 1811
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 11
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
POLITICIAN
1735 - 1811
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 12

In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Dositej Obradović ranks 88 out of 844. Before him are Artur Phleps (1881), Dinu Lipatti (1917), Peter Mogila (1596), Mihnea cel Rău (1462), Horia Sima (1907), and Fritz Klein (1888). After him are Michael Cretu (1957), Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812), Anghel Iordănescu (1950), László Bölöni (1953), Nicolae Iorga (1871), and Arthur Arz von Straußenburg (1857).

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Artur Phleps
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1944
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 82
Dinu Lipatti
MUSICIAN
1917 - 1950
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 83
Peter Mogila
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1596 - 1647
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 84
Mihnea cel Rău
POLITICIAN
1462 - 1510
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 85
Horia Sima
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1993
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 86
Fritz Klein
PHYSICIAN
1888 - 1945
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 87
Dositej Obradović
WRITER
1742 - 1811
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 88
Michael Cretu
MUSICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 89
Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde
POLITICIAN
1812 - 1841
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 90
Anghel Iordănescu
SOCCER PLAYER
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 91
László Bölöni
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 92
Nicolae Iorga
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1940
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 93
Arthur Arz von Straußenburg
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1857 - 1935
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 94