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Isaac Titsingh

1745 - 1812

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Isaac Titsingh FRS (c. January 1745 – 2 February 1812) was a Dutch diplomat, historian, Japanologist, and merchant. During a long career in East Asia, Titsingh was a senior official of the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC)). He represented the European trading company in exclusive official contact with Tokugawa Japan, traveling to Edo twice for audiences with the shogun and other high bakufu officials. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isaac Titsingh is the 1,920th most popular writer (up from 2,073rd in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 336th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Dutch Writer.

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Among writers, Isaac Titsingh ranks 1,920 out of 7,302. Before him are Bella Akhmadulina, John Barth, Zygmunt Krasiński, Petar Kočić, A. S. Byatt, and Naftali Herz Imber. After him are Azar Nafisi, Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Christian Jacq, Arseny Tarkovsky, Gitta Sereny, and John Banville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Isaac Titsingh ranks 25. Before him are Şahin Giray, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Valentin Haüy, Denis Fonvizin, Casimir Pulaski, and Richard Bassett. After him are Caspar Wessel, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Antonio José Cavanilles, Bodawpaya, and Johann Peter Frank. Among people deceased in 1812, Isaac Titsingh ranks 12. Before him are Sacagawea, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Hieronymus von Colloredo, and Spencer Perceval. After him are Gunning Bedford Jr., Christian Gottlob Heyne, Duke George of Oldenburg, Franz Pforr, Claude François de Malet, and Hugo Kołłątaj.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Isaac Titsingh ranks 312 out of 1,646. Before him are Frits Bolkestein (1933), C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817), Jan van der Heyden (1637), Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633), Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1556), and Herman Snellen (1834). After him are Jacobus Oud (1890), Joop den Uyl (1919), Rafael van der Vaart (1983), Aad de Mos (1947), Henk Sneevliet (1883), and Armin van Buuren (1976).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Isaac Titsingh ranks 10. Before him are Harry Mulisch (1927), Etty Hillesum (1914), Robert van Gulik (1910), Constantijn Huygens (1596), Cees Nooteboom (1933), and Dick Bruna (1927). After him are Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862), Cornelis Tromp (1629), Jacob Cats (1577), Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), Corrie ten Boom (1892), and Herman Gorter (1864).

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