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Garlieb Merkel

1769 - 1850

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Garlieb Helwig Merkel (1 November [O.S. 21 October] 1769 in Lēdurga Parish (now Sigulda Municipality), Kreis Riga – 9 May [O.S. 27 April] 1850 in Riga) was a Baltic German writer and activist and an early Estophile and Lettophile. Merkel was born into the family of a rural priest in what is today Latvia. From the age of 17 he worked as a tutor for upper-class German families. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Garlieb Merkel has received more than 26,489 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Garlieb Merkel is the 4,387th most popular writer (down from 3,540th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Latvian Writer.

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  • 49.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Die Letten
Economic conditions, Latvians
1924
Die Vorzeit Lieflands: Ein Denkmahl des Pfaffen- und Rittergeistes
1798
Izlase
Economic conditions, Latvians
1969
Vestules kadai sievietei (Serijas "Avots")
German literature, History and criticism
1991
Thersites
Biography, German Authors, Journalists
1921
Die freien Letten und Esthen: Eine Erinnerungs-schrift zu dem am 6ten Januar ..
1820
Izlase
Economic conditions, Latvians
1969
Über Deutschland zu Schiller-Goethe-Zeit, 1797 bis 1806
Civilization, Politics and government
1887
Briefe Über Hamburg und Lübeck
2023
Die Vorzeit Lieflands: Ein Denkmahl des Pfaffen- und Rittergeistes
1798
Die Vorzeit Lieflands, Erster Band
2018
Die freien Letten und Esthen: Eine Erinnerungs-schrift zu dem am 6ten Januar ..
1820

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Garlieb Merkel ranks 4,387 out of 7,302. Before him are Marek Hłasko, M. R. James, Wilhelm Küchelbecker, Camille Lemonnier, Karl Leberecht Immermann, and Manuel Machado. After him are Arthur Golden, Raphael Holinshed, Anne Bradstreet, Olivier de Serres, Robert Chambers, and Franz von Schober.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1769, Garlieb Merkel ranks 37. Before him are Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Marc Isambard Brunel, Andreas Miaoulis, and Friedrich Accum. After him are George W. Campbell, Vasily Stasov, Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Johannes Baptista von Albertini, Rose Philippine Duchesne, and Jane Marcet. Among people deceased in 1850, Garlieb Merkel ranks 52. Before him are Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł, Jean Broc, Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela, and Manuel de la Peña y Peña. After him are Bernt Michael Holmboe, Adoniram Judson, Valentín Canalizo, Giuseppe Giusti, Johann Jakob Bernhardi, and William Kirby.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Garlieb Merkel ranks 125 out of 323. Before him are Elīna Garanča (1976), Jāzeps Vītols (1863), Arvīds Pelše (1899), Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter (1809), Lūcija Garūta (1902), and Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863). After him are Alfrēds Rubiks (1935), Augusts Kirhenšteins (1872), Māris Kučinskis (1961), Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov (1948), Matvei Gedenshtrom (1780), and Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Garlieb Merkel ranks 16. Before him are Anšlavs Eglītis (1906), Yury Tynyanov (1894), Krišjānis Barons (1835), Vizma Belševica (1931), Zenta Mauriņa (1897), and Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863). After him are Erik Hornung (1933), Aleksandrs Čaks (1901), Werner Bergengruen (1892), Imants Ziedonis (1933), Andrejs Upīts (1877), and Anna Brigadere (1861).

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