RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hyacinth

1777 - 1853

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Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin (Russian: Никита Яковлевич Бичурин; 9 September [O.S. 29 August] 1777 – 23 May [O.S. 11 May] 1853), better known under his archimandrite monastic name Hyacinth, sometimes known as Joacinth or Iakinf, was one of the founding fathers of Russian Sinology. He translated many works from Chinese into Russian, which were then translated into other European languages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hyacinth is the 1,921st most popular religious figure (down from 1,879th in 2019), the 921st most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,086th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Russian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hyacinth ranks 1,921 out of 3,187. Before him are Diego Laynez, Sobekemsaf II, António Marto, Joseph Vaz, Hans Tausen, and George Pell. After him are Sergio Sebastiani, Ignatius Joseph III Yonan, Brynjólfur Sveinsson, Kimpa Vita, Neferkasokar, and Fernando Sebastián Aguilar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1777, Hyacinth ranks 29. Before him are Filippo Taglioni, Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, Lorenzo Bartolini, Aleksander Orłowski, William II, Elector of Hesse, and Christian Daniel Rauch. After him are Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov, William Brown, Heinrich Marx, Casimir Pierre Périer, Marie Jules César Savigny, and Heinrich Rudolf Schinz. Among people deceased in 1853, Hyacinth ranks 27. Before him are Julius Jacob von Haynau, Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Frédéric Ozanam, Andries Pretorius, Anastasio Bustamante, and Lionel Kieseritzky. After him are Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Mathieu Orfila, Branko Radičević, George Onslow, and Abigail Fillmore.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Hyacinth ranks 921 out of 3,761. Before him are Anatoly Filipchenko (1928), Konstantin of Rostov (1185), Noor Inayat Khan (1914), Catherine Breshkovsky (1844), Rudolf Barshai (1924), and Dmitry Utkin (1970). After him are Konstantin Somov (1869), Zinaida Yusupova (1861), Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg (1841), Alexander Guchkov (1862), Maria Zakharova (1975), and Sergey Sobyanin (1958).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Hyacinth ranks 21. Before him are Xenia of Saint Petersburg (1719), Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (1865), Alexander Schmorell (1917), Tode Mongke (1282), Stephen of Perm (1340), and Anna Vyrubova (1884). After him are Abdurreshid Ibrahim (1857), Patriarch Job of Moscow (1525), Theophan the Recluse (1815), Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov (1852), Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow (1877), and Innocent of Alaska (1797).

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