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Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

1581 - 1647

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Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpitər kɔrˈneːlɪsoːn ˈɦoːft]; 16 March 1581 – 21 May 1647) - Knight in the Order of Saint Michael - was a Dutch historian, poet and playwright who lived during the Dutch Golden Age in literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft is the 2,718th most popular writer (down from 2,667th in 2019), the 438th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 432nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Dutch Writer.

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Among writers, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft ranks 2,718 out of 7,302. Before him are Anna Sewell, Yi Kwang-su, Josef Jungmann, Dorothea von Schlegel, Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, and Mago. After him are Karel Jaromír Erben, Eva Mozes Kor, Patrick O'Brian, Táhirih, Peter Bieri, and Herman Wouk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1581, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft ranks 14. Before him are Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Hendrik Brouwer, Edmund Gunter, Frans Francken the Younger, and Jean du Vergier de Hauranne. After him are Hedwig of Denmark, and Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Among people deceased in 1647, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft ranks 11. Before him are Giovanni Lanfranco, Matthias Gallas, Zhang Xianzhong, Sebastiaen Vrancx, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, and Masaniello. After him are Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark, Zhu Yuyue, Pietro Carrera, and Matthew Hopkins.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft ranks 438 out of 1,646. Before him are George Hendrik Breitner (1857), Pim Verbeek (1956), Dirk Jan de Geer (1870), Rinus Israël (1942), Jan Dirksz Both (1618), and Dirck Hals (1591). After him are Johannes Kleiman (1896), Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692), Nicolaes Witsen (1641), Aldo van Eyck (1918), Thomas de Keyser (1596), and Jan Akkerman (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft ranks 19. Before him are Jacob Cats (1577), Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), Corrie ten Boom (1892), Herman Gorter (1864), Louis Couperus (1863), and Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937). After him are Jacob Israël de Haan (1881), Gerard Reve (1923), Tim Krabbé (1943), Gysbert Japiks (1603), Macropedius (1487), and Jan Luyken (1649).

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