RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ghevont Alishan

1820 - 1901

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Ghevont Alishan (Armenian: Ղեւոնդ Ալիշան; July 18 [O.S. July 6], 1820 – November 22 [O.S. November 9], 1901) was an Armenian Catholic priest, historian, educator and poet. He was a prolific author throughout his long career and gained recognition from Armenians and European academic circles for his contributions to Armenian literature and scholarship. Born to an Armenian Catholic family in Constantinople, he received his education at the academy of the Armenian Catholic Mekhitarist Congregation on Saint Lazarus Island in Venice and joined the order in 1840. Between 1840 and 1872, he held a number of teaching and administrative positions in his order's educational institutions in Venice and Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ghevont Alishan is the 2,215th most popular religious figure (down from 2,063rd in 2019), the 931st most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 923rd in 2019) and the 142nd most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ghevont Alishan ranks 2,215 out of 3,187. Before him are Jacques Hamel, Aleksander Kakowski, Dwight L. Moody, Johannes Cocceius, Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, and Umamah bint Zainab. After him are Norman Thomas Gilroy, Engelbert II of Berg, Bill W., Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini, Emma Tillman, and Oswald Gracias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Ghevont Alishan ranks 45. Before him are Georg Curtius, Maria Severa Onofriana, Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Thuwaini bin Said, Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois, and Gustave Le Gray. After him are Cornelius Gurlitt, Pōmare III, Josef Mánes, Mkrtich Khrimian, Fanny Crosby, and Concepción Arenal. Among people deceased in 1901, Ghevont Alishan ranks 58. Before him are Edmond Audran, Alfred Tysoe, Princess Louise of Prussia, Aleksander Gierymski, Wojciech Gerson, and Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After him are Cornelius Gurlitt, Prince Henri of Orléans, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Herman Grimm, Václav Brožík, and Émile Fisseux.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Ghevont Alishan ranks 931 out of 1,347. Before him are Deniz Gezmiş (1947), Adile Naşit (1930), Roza Eskenazi (1895), David Komnenos (1184), Hulusi Akar (1952), and Nigâr Hanım (1856). After him are Nurgül Yeşilçay (1976), Mehmed Said Pasha (1830), Georgios Orphanidis (1859), Hülya Avşar (1963), Mansur Yavaş (1955), and Orhan Gencebay (1944).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Ghevont Alishan ranks 142. Before him are Aulus Licinius Archias (-121), Eudoxius of Antioch (300), Alypius the Stylite (700), Arsenios Autoreianos (1200), Anthimus VI of Constantinople (1782), and Theodore of Tarsus (602). After him are Hypatius of Gangra (300), Mkrtich Khrimian (1820), Jacob of Nisibis (300), Victor and Corona (null), Nilus of Sinai (400), and Sophronius IV of Alexandria (1798).

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