WRITER

Gustav Schwab

1792 - 1850

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Gustav Benjamin Schwab (19 June 1792 – 4 November 1850) was a German writer, pastor and publisher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustav Schwab has received more than 96,081 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Gustav Schwab is the 2,661st most popular writer (down from 1,952nd in 2019), the 2,811th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,078th in 2019) and the 175th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 96k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums
Classical Mythology
1858
Gods and Heroes
Classical Mythology, Juvenile literature
1946
Sagen des klassischen Altertums
Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology, Juvenile literature
1909
Die deutschen Volksbücher für Jung und Alt wiedererzählt
German Tales
1800
Wanderungen durch Schwaben
Description and travel
1837

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gustav Schwab ranks 2,661 out of 7,302. Before him are Polemon I of Pontus, William Goldman, Jim Corbett, Hans Hellmut Kirst, Valentin Rasputin, and Béla Király. After him are Michael Cunningham, Petrus Comestor, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, Amalie Skram, and Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, Gustav Schwab ranks 33. Before him are Manuel Oribe, Andrés de Santa Cruz, Mangas Coloradas, Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Frederick Marryat, and Ferdinand Christian Baur. After him are Roderick Murchison, Moritz Hauptmann, Jacques Ignace Hittorff, Lev Perovski, Jeanne Jugan, and George M. Dallas. Among people deceased in 1850, Gustav Schwab ranks 35. Before him are Lorenzo Bartolini, Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Carl Sigismund Kunth, Margaret Fuller, Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia, and Wilhelm Beer. After him are Bashir Shihab II, Lodewijk van Heiden, Adalbert Gyrowetz, Richard Mentor Johnson, Charles Rivière-Hérard, and Václav Tomášek.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gustav Schwab ranks 2,811 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Augusta of Cambridge (1822), Hermann Lang (1909), Helmut Hasse (1898), Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1890), Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (1896), and Duchess Marie of Württemberg (1799). After him are Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808), Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1582), Duke George of Oldenburg (1784), Nikolaus Federmann (1505), Valentin Weigel (1533), and Adam Kraft (1450).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Gustav Schwab ranks 175. Before him are Karl Gutzkow (1811), Gertrud von Le Fort (1876), Georg Herwegh (1817), Günter Wallraff (1942), Waldemar Bonsels (1880), and Matthias Claudius (1740). After him are Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808), Cornelia Funke (1958), Ludwig Rellstab (1799), Sebastian Franck (1499), Mina Witkojc (1893), and Alice Schwarzer (1942).

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