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Christian Fürchtegott Gellert

1715 - 1769

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Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (4 July 1715 – 13 December 1769) was a German poet, one of the forerunners of the golden age of German literature that was ushered in by Lessing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian Fürchtegott Gellert has received more than 75,816 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Christian Fürchtegott Gellert is the 2,473rd most popular writer (down from 2,372nd in 2019), the 2,579th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,372nd in 2019) and the 160th most popular German Writer.

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert ranks 2,473 out of 5,755Before him are George of Pisidia, Carl Zuckmayer, André Aciman, Olympiodorus of Thebes, Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, and Howard Fast. After him are Luigi Illica, Sextus Pompeius Festus, Edward FitzGerald, Philip Kerr, Philippe de Mornay, and Marko Vovchok.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1715, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert ranks 12Before him are Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, William Watson, Dorothea Erxleben, and Charles, Prince of Soubise. After him are Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, Ewald Christian von Kleist, and Jean-Étienne Guettard. Among people deceased in 1769, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert ranks 4Before him are Pope Clement XIII, Pontiac, and Hakuin Ekaku. After him are Vasily Trediakovsky and Giambattista Lolli.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert ranks 2,579 out of 6,142Before him are Wilhelm Marschall (1886), Johann Crüger (1598), Theo Albrecht (1922), Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1842), Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856), and Judith Malina (1926). After him are Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1753), Fritz Hofmann (1871), Bertha Krupp (1886), John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1627), August Heissmeyer (1897), and Anni Albers (1899).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert ranks 160Before him are Gottschalk of Orbais (805), Cornelia Funke (1958), Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723), Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772), Carl Zuckmayer (1896), and Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856). After him are Heinrich Hoffmann (1809), Ursula Kuczynski (1907), Mina Witkojc (1893), August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796), Martin Walser (1927), and George Mosse (1918).