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Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm

1723 - 1807

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Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (26 September 1723 – 19 December 1807) was a German-born French-language journalist, art critic, diplomat and contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. In 1765 Grimm wrote Poème lyrique, an influential article for the Encyclopédie on lyric and opera librettos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm has received more than 129,279 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm is the 1,762nd most popular writer (up from 2,423rd in 2019), the 1,862nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,522nd in 2019) and the 115th most popular German Writer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm ranks 1,762 out of 7,302. Before him are Karl-Maria Kertbeny, Notker the Stammerer, Richard Ford, Anne Perry, Suzanne Collins, and Tavo Burat. After him are Raymond E. Feist, Adam Zagajewski, Bhanubhakta Acharya, Herbjørg Wassmo, Vasily Shukshin, and Friedrich Rückert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm ranks 13. Before him are Adam Ferguson, Prithvi Narayan Shah, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Johann Bernhard Basedow, Jean-François Marmontel, and Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg. After him are Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Mir Taqi Mir, Tobias Mayer, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Princess Mary of Great Britain, and Antoine Louis. Among people deceased in 1807, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm ranks 9. Before him are Jérôme Lalande, Magtymguly Pyragy, Jeanne Baret, Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Henry Benedict Stuart, and Osman Pazvantoğlu. After him are George Atwood, John Newton, Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, Jacob Philipp Hackert, Nikolai Rezanov, and Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm ranks 1,862 out of 7,253. Before him are Oswald Boelcke (1891), Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (1906), Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667), Max Pechstein (1881), Edmund Conen (1914), and Albert Lortzing (1801). After him are Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick (1714), Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken (1746), Charlotte Salomon (1917), Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775), Heinz Jost (1904), and Carl Gustav Carus (1789).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm ranks 115. Before him are Sebastian Haffner (1907), Ludwig Börne (1786), Christian Morgenstern (1871), Martin Walser (1927), Basil Valentine (1394), and Hans F. K. Günther (1891). After him are Friedrich Rückert (1788), Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633), Elvira Madigan (1867), Theodor Nöldeke (1836), Katia Mann (1883), and Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1579).

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