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Gheorghe Asachi

1788 - 1869

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Gheorghe Asachi (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡe̯orɡe aˈsaki], surname also spelled Asaki; 1 March 1788 – 12 November 1869) was a Moldavian, later Romanian, prose writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist, engineer, border maker, and translator. An Enlightenment-educated polymath and polyglot, he was one of the most influential people of his generation. Asachi was a respected journalist and political figure, as well as active in technical fields such as civil engineering and pedagogy, and, for long, the civil servant charged with overseeing all Moldavian schools. Among his leading achievements were the issuing of Albina Românească, a highly influential magazine, and the creation of Academia Mihăileană, which replaced Greek-language education with teaching in Romanian. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gheorghe Asachi is the 3,942nd most popular writer (up from 4,225th in 2019), the 571st most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 649th in 2019) and the 81st most popular Ukrainian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gheorghe Asachi ranks 3,942 out of 7,302. Before him are Quim Monzó, Jan Gruter, Johann Beckmann, Henry Adams, Johan Herman Wessel, and Subhadra Kumari Chauhan. After him are Joe Haldeman, Israel Zangwill, Viktor Yerofeyev, Leonidas of Tarentum, Gabriel Chevallier, and Valerio Massimo Manfredi.

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Among people born in 1788, Gheorghe Asachi ranks 47. Before him are Juraj Haulik, Simon Sechter, Edward Sabine, Spyridon Trikoupis, Margaret Taylor, and Hugh Clapperton. After him are Edwin Atherstone, Kikuchi Yōsai, Mikhail Shchepkin, Tomás de Zumalacárregui, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet, and Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker. Among people deceased in 1869, Gheorghe Asachi ranks 40. Before him are Giulia Grisi, Julian Fontana, Juan Almonte, Adolphe Niel, Théophile Thoré-Bürger, and Louis Moreau Gottschalk. After him are Pyotr Anjou, Ōmura Masujirō, Alexander Dreyschock, Johann Georg von Hahn, Vladimir Odoyevsky, and Carlo Cattaneo.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Gheorghe Asachi ranks 571 out of 1,365. Before him are Nikki Benz (1981), Viorica Ursuleac (1894), Nikolai Podvoisky (1880), Karl Doppler (1825), Lydia Lipkowska (1882), and Alfreda Markowska (1926). After him are Mykhailo Boychuk (1882), Vasyl Makukh (1927), Aleksandr Bogomolets (1881), Leonid Zhabotinsky (1938), Vladimir Semichastny (1924), and Maria Guleghina (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Gheorghe Asachi ranks 81. Before him are Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko (1778), Viktor Nekrasov (1911), Ilya Ilf (1897), Oksana Zabuzhko (1960), Mykola Bazhan (1904), and Lev Nussimbaum (1905). After him are Vira Vovk (1926), Jan Brzechwa (1898), David Bergelson (1884), Ida Fink (1921), Sofia Yablonska (1907), and Vasyl Stefanyk (1871).

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