WRITER

Jens Peter Jacobsen

1847 - 1885

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Jens Peter Jacobsen (7 April 1847 – 30 April 1885) was a Danish novelist, poet, and scientist, in Denmark often just written as "J. P. Jacobsen". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jens Peter Jacobsen has received more than 130,518 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Jens Peter Jacobsen is the 923rd most popular writer (down from 756th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 85th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Danish Writer.

Jens Peter Jacobsen is most famous for his novel "Niels Lyhne," which was published in 1878.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Mogens
1906
Fru Marie Grubbe
Danish fiction
19135 / 5
Novellen, Briefe, Gedichte
1899
Mogens and Other Stories
1921
Marie Grubbe
1917
Niels Lyhne
1889

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jens Peter Jacobsen ranks 923 out of 7,302. Before him are Walter Lippmann, Božena Němcová, Thomas Wolfe, Clifford D. Simak, Jacques Clément, and James May. After him are Miep Gies, Lucius Accius, Vinicius de Moraes, Joost van den Vondel, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, and Ann Radcliffe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Jens Peter Jacobsen ranks 18. Before him are Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Max Liebermann, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Annie Besant, Jean Casimir-Perier, and Radomir Putnik. After him are Maria Pia of Savoy, Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Bolesław Prus, Catherine Dolgorukov, Nikolay Zhukovsky, and Sergey Nechayev. Among people deceased in 1885, Jens Peter Jacobsen ranks 8. Before him are Ulysses S. Grant, Alfonso XII of Spain, Muhammad Ahmad, Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Carl Spitzweg, and Ferdinand II of Portugal. After him are Charles George Gordon, Iwasaki Yatarō, Rosalía de Castro, L'Inconnue de la Seine, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Edmond François Valentin About.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jens Peter Jacobsen ranks 104 out of 1,032. Before him are Maximilian von Spee (1861), Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (1788), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1753), N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783), Harald Bohr (1887), and Princess Thyra of Denmark (1853). After him are Eric II of Denmark (1090), Bille August (1948), Hans Christian Gram (1853), Brigitte Nielsen (1963), Sophia Brahe (1556), and Sophia Magdalena of Denmark (1746).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Jens Peter Jacobsen ranks 11. Before him are Johannes V. Jensen (1873), Henrik Pontoppidan (1857), Sven Hassel (1917), Georg Brandes (1842), Tove Ditlevsen (1917), and N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783). After him are Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), Martin Andersen Nexø (1869), Torben Ulrich (1928), Adam Oehlenschläger (1779), Aksel Sandemose (1899), and Ole Nydahl (1941).

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