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Mikael Agricola

1510 - 1557

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Mikael Agricola (Finnish: [ˈmikɑel ˈɑɡrikolɑ] ; c. 1510 – 9 April 1557) was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman who became the de facto founder of literary Finnish and a prominent proponent of the Protestant Reformation in Sweden, including Finland, which was a Swedish territory at the time. He is often called the "father of literary Finnish". Agricola was consecrated as the bishop of Turku (Åbo) in 1554, without papal approval. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikael Agricola is the 640th most popular writer (down from 556th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Finland (down from 17th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Finnish Writer.

Mikael Agricola is most famous for his translation of the Bible into Finnish.

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Among writers, Mikael Agricola ranks 640 out of 7,302. Before him are Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aratus, A. J. Cronin, Allen Ginsberg, and Hermann Broch. After him are Hellanicus of Lesbos, Giambattista Basile, Tibor Sekelj, Anton Makarenko, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, and Laurence Sterne.

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Among people born in 1510, Mikael Agricola ranks 5. Before him are Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Ambroise Paré, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, and Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía. After him are Jacopo Bassano, Renée of France, François Clouet, Jacob Clemens non Papa, Aloysius Lilius, Gracia Mendes Nasi, and Túpac Huallpa. Among people deceased in 1557, Mikael Agricola ranks 7. Before him are Jacques Cartier, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Anne of Cleves, Pontormo, John III of Portugal, and Bona Sforza. After him are Olaus Magnus, Emperor Go-Nara, Sebastian Cabot, Lautaro, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, and Galvarino.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Mikael Agricola ranks 22 out of 751. Before him are Ragnar Granit (1900), Johan Gadolin (1760), Risto Ryti (1889), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865), and Aki Kaurismäki (1957). After him are Vissarion Belinsky (1811), Mauno Koivisto (1923), Arto Paasilinna (1942), Kyösti Kallio (1873), Helene Schjerfbeck (1862), and Linus Torvalds (1969).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Mikael Agricola ranks 4. Before him are Tove Jansson (1914), Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888), and Mika Waltari (1908). After him are Arto Paasilinna (1942), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), Aleksis Kivi (1834), Zachris Topelius (1818), Eino Leino (1878), Väinö Linna (1920), Minna Canth (1844), and Juhani Aho (1861).

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