WRITER

Christoph Friedrich Nicolai

1733 - 1811

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Christoph Friedrich Nicolai (18 March 1733 – 11 January 1811) was a German writer, bookseller, critic, and regional historian, who authored satirical novels and travelogues. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christoph Friedrich Nicolai has received more than 51,138 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Christoph Friedrich Nicolai is the 3,116th most popular writer (up from 3,315th in 2019), the 3,257th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,283rd in 2019) and the 199th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 51k

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  • 52.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Vermischte Schriften
1798
Beschreibung einer reise durch Deutschland und die Schweiz, im jahre 1781
1783
Geschichte eines dicken Mannes
1794
Allgemeine deutsche Bibliothek
1772
Freuden des jungen Werthers
1775
Das Leben und die Meinungen des Herrn Magister Sebaldus Nothanker
1775
Ueber meine gelehrte Bildung
1799
Wilhelmine
16th to 18th century fiction, Novels, other prose & writers, Literature - Classics / Criticism
1894
Essai Sur les Accusations Intentées Aux Templiers, et Sur le Secret de Cet Ordre
2011
Essai Sur les Accusations Intentées Aux Templiers, et Sur le Secret de Cet Ordre
2011
Ueber meine gelehrte Bildung
1799
Allgemeine deutsche Bibliothek
1772
Freuden des jungen Werthers
1775
Das Leben und die Meinungen des Herrn Magister Sebaldus Nothanker
1775
Wilhelmine
16th to 18th century fiction, Novels, other prose & writers, Literature - Classics / Criticism
1894

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai ranks 3,116 out of 7,302. Before him are Abraham Goldfaden, Olga Bergholz, Andrei Sinyavsky, Takeo Arishima, Henrietta Szold, and Hella Wuolijoki. After him are Georg Sauerwein, Mike Mentzer, Nahum Goldmann, Joan Maragall, Johan Borgen, and Fumiko Hayashi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1733, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai ranks 12. Before him are Carsten Niebuhr, Hubert Robert, Jean-Charles de Borda, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Gottfried van Swieten, and Daniel Solander. After him are Maruyama Ōkyo, George Read, Philip Carteret, Adam Naruszewicz, Johan Zoffany, and Ismail III. Among people deceased in 1811, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai ranks 14. Before him are Eliza Poe, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Ignacio Allende, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, Nevil Maskelyne, and Marie-Joseph Chénier. After him are Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, Princess Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Juan de Villanueva, and Mariano Moreno.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai ranks 3,257 out of 7,253. Before him are Christian Petzold (1960), John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1677), Paul van Dyk (1971), Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen (1926), Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1597), and Fritz Fischer (1908). After him are Georg Sauerwein (1831), Horst Frank (1929), Carola Neher (1900), Ernst May (1886), Hans Bauer (1927), and Henry I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark (1070).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai ranks 199. Before him are Richard Dehmel (1863), Hans Erich Nossack (1901), Arno Schmidt (1914), Elia Levita (1469), Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826), and Walter Hasenclever (1890). After him are Georg Sauerwein (1831), Paul Fleming (1609), Janosch (1931), Edgar Hilsenrath (1926), Lily Braun (1865), and Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1801).

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