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Heinrich Ewald

1803 - 1875

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Georg Heinrich August Ewald (16 November 1803 – 4 May 1875) was a German orientalist, Protestant theologian, and Biblical exegete. He studied at the University of Göttingen. In 1827 he became extraordinary professor there, in 1831 ordinary professor of theology, and in 1835 professor of oriental languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Ewald has received more than 46,982 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Ewald is the 416th most popular historian (down from 352nd in 2019), the 4,605th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,082nd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Heinrich Ewald ranks 416 out of 561. Before him are Henrik Gabriel Porthan, Ekvtime Takaishvili, Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī, Thomas Fuller, Boris Chicherin, and Neagu Djuvara. After him are Thomas Walker Arnold, Isabella Bashmakova, Yehuda Bauer, Avi Shlaim, Eadmer, and Ilya Berezin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Heinrich Ewald ranks 66. Before him are Gustav von Alvensleben, Sarah Childress Polk, Albert Küchler, Johann Jakob Kaup, José María Heredia y Heredia, and Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen. After him are George Borrow, Friedrich Ludwig Persius, Juan Bravo Murillo, Sarah Yorke Jackson, James Challis, and Karl Schorn. Among people deceased in 1875, Heinrich Ewald ranks 69. Before him are José María Ventura Casas, Fyodor Bruni, Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Joseph Othmar Rauscher, and Virginie Ancelot. After him are Zecharias Frankel, George Finlay, Aristeidis Moraitinis, Maria Röhl, Henry Kellett, and John Gardner Wilkinson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Ewald ranks 4,605 out of 7,253. Before him are Klaus Groth (1819), Lothar Metz (1939), Johann Jacob Dillenius (1684), Rodolfo Amando Philippi (1808), Jürgen Pommerenke (1953), and E. Marlitt (1825). After him are Anita Rée (1885), Kurt Ahrens Jr. (1940), Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825), Tankred Dorst (1925), Friedrich Gogarten (1887), and Francis Buchholz (1954).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Heinrich Ewald ranks 52. Before him are Peter Gay (1923), Franz Babinger (1891), Georg Gottfried Gervinus (1805), Heinrich von Sybel (1817), Gottfried Arnold (1665), and Gerhard Ritter (1888). After him are Martin Noth (1902), Joseph Hergenröther (1824), Eberhard Jäckel (1929), Hermann Oldenberg (1854), Nikolaus Pevsner (1902), and Walter Jens (1923).

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