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Francis Marrash

1837 - 1873

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Francis bin Fathallah bin Nasrallah Marrash (Arabic: فرنسيس بن فتح الله بن نصر الله مرّاش, ALA-LC: Fransīs bin Fatḥ Allāh bin Naṣr Allāh Marrāsh; 1835 or 29 June 1836 – 1874), also known as Francis al-Marrash or Francis Marrash al-Halabi, was a Syrian scholar, publicist, writer and poet of the Nahda or the Arab Renaissance, and a physician. Most of his works revolve around science, history and religion, analysed under an epistemological light. He traveled throughout West Asia and France in his youth, and after some medical training and a year of practice in his native Aleppo, during which he wrote several works, he enrolled in a medical school in Paris; yet, declining health and growing blindness forced him to return to Aleppo, where he produced more literary works until his early death. Historian Matti Moosa considered Marrash to have been the first truly cosmopolitan Arab intellectual and writer of modern times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Marrash is the 4,180th most popular writer (down from 3,791st in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Syria (down from 145th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Syrian Writer.

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Among writers, Francis Marrash ranks 4,180 out of 7,302. Before him are James Allen, John Gower, Sara Lidman, Žemaitė, Sakina Akhundzadeh, and Eliza Acton. After him are Robert G. Ingersoll, James Redfield, Vincenzo Cerami, Eggert Ólafsson, Luise Rinser, and Walter Map.

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Among people born in 1837, Francis Marrash ranks 86. Before him are Ignatz Kolisch, Robert Gould Shaw, Jorge Isaacs, Charles Yerkes, Mubarak Al-Sabah, and Wilhelm Lexis. After him are Elizabeth Jane Gardner, Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar, Ralph Copeland, Artur Grottger, Thomas Moran, and Paul Gordan. Among people deceased in 1873, Francis Marrash ranks 58. Before him are Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Odilon Barrot, Paweł Strzelecki, Eugène Flachat, and Gheorghe Bibescu. After him are Charles Dupin, Mary Ann Cotton, Christopher Hansteen, Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Semen Hulak-Artemovsky, and Mykhailo Maksymovych.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Francis Marrash ranks 161 out of 210. Before him are Wael Nader al-Halqi (1964), Philipp Stamma (1705), Elia Abu Madi (1890), Ibas of Edessa (400), Émile Eddé (1883), and Rafik Schami (1946). After him are Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (1954), Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid (1867), Burhan Ghalioun (1945), Rezin (null), Nazik al-Abid (1898), and Issam Zahreddine (1961).

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Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Francis Marrash ranks 22. Before him are Ghada al-Samman (1942), Buhturi (819), Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855), Jacob of Edessa (633), Elia Abu Madi (1890), and Rafik Schami (1946). After him are Ameen Rihani (1876), Zakaria Tamer (1931), Wafa Sultan (1958), Samar Yazbek (1970), and Dima Khatib (1971).

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