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Henrik Gabriel Porthan

1739 - 1804

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Henrik Gabriel Porthan (8 November 1739 – 16 March 1804) was a professor and rector at the Royal Academy of Turku, Finland, which was then part of the Kingdom of Sweden. He was a scholar sometimes known as The Father of Finnish History. Porthan's legacy greatly influenced the rise of the Finnish national culture and romanticism of the early 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henrik Gabriel Porthan is the 339th most popular historian (up from 410th in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Finland (up from 271st in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Henrik Gabriel Porthan ranks 339 out of 561. Before him are Mikhail Pogodin, Jean Delumeau, Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, İlber Ortaylı, Joseph-François Michaud, and Patricia Crone. After him are Robert Darnton, Donald Keene, Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, Andrea Riccardi, Bobojon Ghafurov, and Ernest Lavisse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1739, Henrik Gabriel Porthan ranks 20. Before him are Jean-François de La Harpe, Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, Frei Galvão, John Robison, and Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany. After him are Johann Beckmann, Juan de Villanueva, John Rutledge, Sophronius of Vratsa, George Clymer, and Paine Wingate. Among people deceased in 1804, Henrik Gabriel Porthan ranks 29. Before him are Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, Georges Cadoudal, Paul Kray, Philippe LeBon, Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer, and Sultan bin Ahmad. After him are Aagje Deken, Betje Wolff, Dru Drury, Philip Schuyler, and George Walton.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Henrik Gabriel Porthan ranks 200 out of 751. Before him are Vilho Tuulos (1895), Hugo Lahtinen (1891), Paavo Haavikko (1931), Tapio Rautavaara (1915), Eero Mäntyranta (1937), and Harri Larva (1906). After him are Toivo Hyytiäinen (1925), Marion Rung (1945), Juho Sunila (1875), Jorma Kinnunen (1941), Oskari Mantere (1874), and Pekka Halonen (1865).

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Among HISTORIANS In Finland

Among historians born in Finland, Henrik Gabriel Porthan ranks 1. 

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