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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 84,163 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Conrad Ferdinand Meyer is the 2,261st most popular writer (down from 1,843rd in 2019), the 229th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 179th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Swiss Writer.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ranks 2,261 out of 5,755. Before him are Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Andrei Voznesensky, Gaston Paris, Vsevolod Garshin, Rómulo Gallegos, and John Kennedy Toole. After him are Phan Bội Châu, Jean Raspail, Elisabeth of Schönau, Paschasius Radbertus, Rebecca West, and William Beckford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ranks 31. Before him are George Phillips Bond, Hervé, Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria, Camilo Castelo Branco, Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, and Friedrich Bayer. After him are Charles Joshua Chaplin, Iwakura Tomomi, Karl Möbius, Charles Lavigerie, Friedrich von Schmidt, and Alexander Mozhaysky. Among people deceased in 1898, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ranks 37. Before him are Pavel Tretyakov, Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria, Georg Ebers, George Müller, Carl Zeller, and Antoine François Marmontel. After him are Nikolai Yaroshenko, Tan Sitong, Edward Bellamy, Count Gustav Kálnoky, Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, and Princess Catherine of Württemberg.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ranks 229 out of 876. Before him are Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (1767), Pierre Jeanneret (1896), Johann Bauhin (1541), Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810), Johann Peter Hebel (1760), and Andy Hug (1964). After him are Anton Graff (1736), Matilda of Habsburg (1253), Maurice Bavaud (1916), Gabriela Andersen-Schiess (1945), Giovanni Giacometti (1868), and Carl Nägeli (1817).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ranks 24. Before him are Rodolphe Töpffer (1799), Notker the Stammerer (840), Isaac Casaubon (1559), Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698), Heinrich Glarean (1488), and Johann Peter Hebel (1760). After him are Jean Starobinski (1920), Emma Jung (1882), Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), Arthur Cravan (1887), Edmond Privat (1889), and Peter Bieri (1944).

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