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Barthold Georg Niebuhr

1776 - 1831

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Barthold Georg Niebuhr (27 August 1776 – 2 January 1831) was a Danish–German statesman, banker, and historian who became Germany's leading historian of Ancient Rome and a founding father of modern scholarly historiography. By 1810 Niebuhr was inspiring German patriotism in students at the University of Berlin by his analysis of Roman economy and government. Niebuhr was a leader of the Romantic era and symbol of German national spirit that emerged after the defeat at Jena. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barthold Georg Niebuhr has received more than 134,011 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Barthold Georg Niebuhr is the 5,006th most popular politician (down from 4,701st in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 137th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Danish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Barthold Georg Niebuhr ranks 5,006 out of 19,576. Before him are Jaunutis, Emperor Shunzong of Tang, Abdou Diouf, Siemomysł, Jón Sigurðsson, and Abdul Karim. After him are Tiridates I of Armenia, Raymond of Burgundy, Oxyartes, Tokugawa Ieharu, Gunnbjörn Ulfsson, and Otto Rasch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, Barthold Georg Niebuhr ranks 12. Before him are Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Ioannis Kapodistrias, Caroline of Baden, Şehzade Abdullah, Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, and Johann Wilhelm Ritter. After him are Jean-Pierre Boyer, Pehr Henrik Ling, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Simon Fraser, and Peter Barlow. Among people deceased in 1831, Barthold Georg Niebuhr ranks 19. Before him are Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, Vicente Guerrero, and Ignaz Pleyel. After him are Thomas Johann Seebeck, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Hans Karl von Diebitsch, Maria Szymanowska, Henri Grégoire, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Barthold Georg Niebuhr ranks 141 out of 1,032. Before him are Lars Ulrich (1963), Charles I, Count of Flanders (1083), Magnus II of Sweden (1130), Gabriel Axel (1918), Wilhelm Johannsen (1857), and John Louis Emil Dreyer (1852). After him are Princess Charlotte of Denmark (1789), Otto Jespersen (1860), Jesper Christensen (1948), Magnus, Duke of Holstein (1540), Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel (1784), and Richard Møller Nielsen (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Barthold Georg Niebuhr ranks 56. Before him are Eric II of Denmark (1090), Sweyn III of Denmark (1125), Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858), Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796), Gudfred (800), and Magnus II of Sweden (1130). After him are Magnus, Duke of Holstein (1540), Thorvald Stauning (1873), Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912), Haakon III of Norway (1182), Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895), and Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (1532).

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