WRITER

Conrad Ferdinand Meyer

1825 - 1898

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Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (11 October 1825 – 28 November 1898) was a Swiss poet and historical novelist, a master of literary realism who is mainly remembered for stirring narrative ballads like "Die Füße im Feuer" (The Feet in the Fire). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer has received more than 83,220 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Conrad Ferdinand Meyer is the 2,259th most popular writer (down from 2,254th in 2019), the 230th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 229th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Swiss Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 83k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Angela Borgia
Classic Literature, Fiction
Als die Angetraute des Erben von Ferrara, welche die Tochter des Papstes und Donna Lukrezia genannt war, von ihrem Gatten, Don Alfonso von Este, im Triumph nach ihrer neuen Residenz geholt wurde, ritt sie, wahrend er den glanzenden Zug anfuhrte, in der Mitte desselben auf einem schneeweißen Zelter unter einem purpurnen Thronhimmel, den ihr die Professoren der Universitat zu Haupten hielten.
1901
Novellen
1903
Sämtliche Werke
1928
Die Versuchung des Pescara
Fiction, Language readers
1900
Jürg Jenatsch
Fiction
1897
Der Heilige
Fiction, German language, Accessible book
1879

Page views of Conrad Ferdinand Meyers by language

Over the past year Conrad Ferdinand Meyer has had the most page views in the with 34,678 views, followed by English (11,203), and Italian (2,077). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Armenian (340.19%), Basque (126.21%), and Dutch (112.78%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ranks 2,259 out of 7,302. Before him are Francesc Eiximenis, Georges Ohnet, Simon Dach, Johann Nestroy, Édouard Drumont, and Ğabdulla Tuqay. After him are Alois Jirásek, Inger Christensen, Saigyō, Umberto Saba, Jeppe Aakjær, and Konstantin Balmont.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ranks 30. Before him are Charles Frederick Worth, Edward Frankland, Hervé, Camilo Castelo Branco, Iwakura Tomomi, and Hans Gude. After him are Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria, Émile Ollivier, Friedrich von Schmidt, Charles Lavigerie, and Friedrich Bayer. Among people deceased in 1898, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ranks 33. Before him are Georges Rodenbach, Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, Georg Ebers, Tuone Udaina, Siegfried Marcus, and George Müller. After him are Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria, Pavel Tretyakov, Carl Zeller, Antoine François Marmontel, Count Gustav Kálnoky, and Tan Sitong.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ranks 230 out of 1,015. Before him are Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817), Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742), Carl Nägeli (1817), Marcel Bezençon (1907), Pierre Jeanneret (1896), and Jean-André Deluc (1727). After him are Jean Vanier (1928), Heinrich Glarean (1488), Emil Brunner (1889), Pancho Vladigerov (1899), Eugène Grasset (1845), and Emma Jung (1882).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ranks 21. Before him are Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905), Alfonsina Storni (1892), Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779), Rodolphe Töpffer (1799), Notker the Stammerer (840), and Jean Starobinski (1920). After him are Heinrich Glarean (1488), Emma Jung (1882), Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698), Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), Johann Peter Hebel (1760), and Peter Bieri (1944).

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