WRITER

Yan Fu

1854 - 1921

Yan Fu

Yan Fu (simplified Chinese: 严复; traditional Chinese: 嚴復; pinyin: Yán Fù; Wade–Giles: Yen2 Fu4; courtesy name Ji Dao (幾道); 8 January 1854 – 27 October 1921) was a Chinese military officer, newspaper editor, translator, and writer. He is most known for introducing Western ideas to China during the late 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yan Fu is the 1,349th most popular writer (down from 1,334th in 2019), the 364th most popular biography from China (up from 385th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Chinese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yan Fu ranks 1,349 out of 7,302. Before him are Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Giovanni Verga, Imru' al-Qais, Martha Gellhorn, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, and Ken Robinson. After him are Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, Paul Scarron, Fredric Brown, David C. H. Austin, Norman Mailer, and Harry Harrison.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
1826 - 1889
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 1,343
Giovanni Verga
1840 - 1922
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 1,344
Imru' al-Qais
501 - 544
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 1,345
Martha Gellhorn
1908 - 1998
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 1,346
Chikamatsu Monzaemon
1653 - 1725
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 1,347
Ken Robinson
1950 - 2020
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 1,348
Yan Fu
1854 - 1921
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 1,349
Ibrahim ibn Yaqub
912 - 966
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 1,350
Paul Scarron
1610 - 1660
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 1,351
Fredric Brown
1906 - 1972
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 1,352
David C. H. Austin
1926 - 2018
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 1,353
Norman Mailer
1923 - 2007
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 1,354
Harry Harrison
1925 - 2012
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 1,355

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Yan Fu ranks 25. Before him are Salomon August Andrée, Albert Edelfelt, Moritz Moszkowski, Paul Natorp, Léo Taxil, and Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Georges Picquart, Alphonse Allais, Georg Kerschensteiner, Jean-Marie Guyau, Hubert Lyautey, and Thomas R. Marshall. Among people deceased in 1921, Yan Fu ranks 33. Before him are Julius Richard Petri, Hermann Schwarz, Karl von Bülow, Oscar Montelius, Georges Feydeau, and Ivan Vazov. After him are Robert de Montesquiou, Fernand Khnopff, Hara Takashi, Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Nikolay Zhukovsky, and Živojin Mišić.

Others Born in 1854

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Salomon August Andrée
EXPLORER
1854 - 1897
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 19
Albert Edelfelt
PAINTER
1854 - 1905
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 20
Moritz Moszkowski
COMPOSER
1854 - 1925
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 21
Paul Natorp
PHILOSOPHER
1854 - 1924
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 22
Léo Taxil
WRITER
1854 - 1907
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 23
Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
NOBLEMAN
1854 - 1920
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 24
Yan Fu
WRITER
1854 - 1921
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 25
Georges Picquart
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1854 - 1914
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 26
Alphonse Allais
WRITER
1854 - 1905
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 27
Georg Kerschensteiner
POLITICIAN
1854 - 1932
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 28
Jean-Marie Guyau
PHILOSOPHER
1854 - 1888
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 29
Hubert Lyautey
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1854 - 1934
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 30
Thomas R. Marshall
POLITICIAN
1854 - 1925
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 31