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Jakob Hurt

1839 - 1907

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Jakob Hurt (22 July [O.S. 10 July] 1839 – 13 January 1907 [O.S. 31 December 1906]) was an Estonian folklorist, nationalist, and theologian. He was a major figure in the Estonian national awakening and worked as a pastor in Otepää and Saint Petersburg. While he was president of the Society of Estonian Literati, he oversaw a project to collect hundreds of thousands of works of poetry and folklore in the Estonian language. Hurt was featured on the 10 krooni note from 1991 to 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jakob Hurt is the 3,512th most popular writer (up from 4,284th in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 117th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Estonian Writer.

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Among writers, Jakob Hurt ranks 3,512 out of 7,302. Before him are Kir Bulychev, Corippus, Immanuel Velikovsky, John Winthrop, Richard Hakluyt, and Liza Marklund. After him are Anthony Horowitz, Kálmán Mikszáth, Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo, Shudraka, Max Gallo, and Roger Vailland.

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Among people born in 1839, Jakob Hurt ranks 62. Before him are Nils Christoffer Dunér, August W. Eichler, Gustave Trouvé, Carl Humann, Bernardino Caballero, and Luigi Pelloux. After him are Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, Marianne Hainisch, James Crafts, Ludwig Anzengruber, Jane Morris, and Luigi Capuana. Among people deceased in 1907, Jakob Hurt ranks 66. Before him are Prince Arnulf of Bavaria, Alfred Newton, Heinrich Kreutz, Mkrtich Khrimian, Ignaz Brüll, and Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Luis Sáenz Peña, Maurice Loewy, Charles Dancla, Lucile Grahn, Ernst von Bergmann, and Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Jakob Hurt ranks 100 out of 351. Before him are Eduard Pütsep (1898), Mart Siimann (1946), Tommy Cash (1991), August Kork (1887), Jaan Poska (1866), and Juhan Kukk (1885). After him are Eduard von Toll (1858), Andres Tarand (1940), Ester Mägi (1922), Ants Antson (1938), Johann Köler (1826), and Jüri Järvet (1919).

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Among WRITERS In Estonia

Among writers born in Estonia, Jakob Hurt ranks 11. Before him are Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878), Jaan Kaplinski (1941), Betti Alver (1906), Balthasar Russow (1536), Carl Robert Jakobson (1841), and Eduard Vilde (1865). After him are Hella Wuolijoki (1886), Oskar Luts (1887), Juhan Smuul (1922), Friedebert Tuglas (1886), Eno Raud (1928), and Juhan Liiv (1864).

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