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Glückel of Hameln

1646 - 1724

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Glückel of Hameln (Yiddish: גליקל בת ר' יהודה לייב האַמיל; also spelled Glückel, Glüeckel, or Glikl of Hamelin; also known as Glikl bas Judah Leib) (c. 1646 – September 19, 1724) was a German Jewish businesswoman and diarist. Written in her native tongue of Western Yiddish over the course of thirty years, her memoirs were originally intended to be an ethical will for her children and future descendants. Glückel's diaries are the only known pre-modern Yiddish memoirs written by a woman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Glückel of Hameln has received more than 112,015 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Glückel of Hameln is the 3,302nd most popular writer (up from 3,550th in 2019), the 3,270th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,280th in 2019) and the 202nd most popular German Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Glückel of Hameln ranks 3,302 out of 5,755. Before her are William Cowper, Gunnar Staalesen, Milán Füst, Adam of Saint Victor, William Steig, and Andrei Bitov. After her are Ulf Stark, Joanna Chmielewska, Augusto Genina, Pietro Carrera, Myrtis of Anthedon, and Dagmar Lange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1646, Glückel of Hameln ranks 16. Before her are Godfrey Kneller, Hortense Mancini, Charles Plumier, Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, and Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans. After her are Johann Theile and Paul Hermann. Among people deceased in 1724, Glückel of Hameln ranks 11. Before her are Johann Homann, Edward Low, Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Marie of Lorraine, Benedetto Luti, and Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. After her are Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Johann Theile, Princess Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Jack Sheppard.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Glückel of Hameln ranks 3,270 out of 6,142. Before her are Uli Edel (1947), Emanuel Leutze (1816), Heinrich Martin Weber (1842), Wilhelm Jordan (1842), Princess Amalie of Saxony (1794), and Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1875). After her are Elga Andersen (1935), Paul Kummer (1834), Paul Lincke (1866), Hansi Müller (1957), Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1771), and Erich Bey (1898).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Glückel of Hameln ranks 202. Before her are Theodor Körner (1791), Karl Philipp Moritz (1756), Hans Erich Nossack (1901), Joseph Görres (1776), Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1801), and Alice Schwarzer (1942). After her are Christoph Friedrich Nicolai (1733), Sophie von La Roche (1730), Johann Georg von Hahn (1811), Johann Baptist Allgaier (1763), Theodor Plievier (1892), and Leopold Zunz (1794).

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