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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 123,752 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm is the 2,431st most popular writer (up from 2,463rd in 2019), the 2,525th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,463rd in 2019) and the 156th most popular German Writer.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm ranks 2,431 out of 5,755. Before him are Nikolay Kostomarov, Mikołaj Rej, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Konstantin Balmont, Isidora Sekulić, and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää. After him are Maria Skobtsova, Tom Sharpe, Paul the Silentiary, Dagny Juel, Vladimir Stasov, and Mikha'il Na'ima.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm ranks 18. Before him are Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Tobias Mayer, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Antoine Louis, Mir Taqi Mir, and Princess Mary of Great Britain. After him are John Byron, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, William Chambers, William Blackstone, Pehr Osbeck, and Marcus Elieser Bloch. Among people deceased in 1807, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm ranks 15. Before him are John Newton, Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Osman Pazvantoğlu, Jacob Philipp Hackert, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, and Nikolai Rezanov. After him are Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, Alexander Ypsilantis, Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, Jeremias Benjamin Richter, and Sophie von La Roche.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm ranks 2,525 out of 6,142. Before him are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia (1746), Karl Rapp (1882), Sebastian Koch (1962), Adolf Ziegler (1892), Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel (1796), and Walter Krüger (1892). After him are Christoph Amberger (1505), Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort (1517), Heinrich Barkhausen (1881), Dirk Nowitzki (1978), Josef Bürckel (1895), and Princess Augusta of Prussia (1780).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm ranks 156. Before him are Waldemar Bonsels (1880), Unica Zürn (1916), Friedrich Spee (1591), Wilhelm Raabe (1831), Gottschalk of Orbais (805), and Cornelia Funke (1958). After him are Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772), Carl Zuckmayer (1896), Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856), Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715), Heinrich Hoffmann (1809), and Ursula Kuczynski (1907).

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