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Joachim Neander

1650 - 1680

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Joachim Neander (1650 – 31 May 1680) was a German Reformed (Calvinist) Church teacher, theologian and hymnwriter whose most famous hymn, Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation (German: Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren) has been described by John Julian in his A Dictionary of Hymnology as "a magnificent hymn of praise to God, perhaps the finest creation of its author, and of the first rank in its class." Due to its popularity it has been translated several times into English—Catherine Winkworth being one of the translators in the 19th century—and the hymn has appeared in most major hymnals. Neander wrote about 60 hymns and provided tunes for many of them. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joachim Neander has received more than 134,737 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Joachim Neander is the 2,047th most popular writer (down from 2,039th in 2019), the 2,175th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,169th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Joachim Neander ranks 2,047 out of 7,302. Before him are Ahmad ibn Arabshah, Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Mirza Shafi Vazeh, Mahsati, Maria Konopnicka, and Dora d'Istria. After him are Camilo Castelo Branco, François Hotman, Nigidius Figulus, Jacopone da Todi, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Lucilius Junior.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1650, Joachim Neander ranks 10. Before him are Ahmad Khani, Jean Bart, Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Giovanni Battista Bassani, Frederick Casimir Kettler, and Vincenzo Coronelli. After him are Robert de Visée, George Rooke, Anthim the Iberian, Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark, Nell Gwyn, and Anne Jules de Noailles. Among people deceased in 1680, Joachim Neander ranks 25. Before him are Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Thomas Bartholin, Per Brahe the Younger, Li Yu, Peter Lely, and Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Kateri Tekakwitha, Frans Post, Symeon of Polotsk, Pierre-Paul Riquet, and Marco Uccellini.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joachim Neander ranks 2,175 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich Eberbach (1895), Carl Zuckmayer (1896), Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773), Johannes Heinrich Schultz (1884), Hannelore Kohl (1933), and Johann Conrad Dippel (1673). After him are Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden (1824), Heinrich von Plauen (1370), Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745), Otto Wöhler (1894), Princess Antonia of Luxembourg (1899), and William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1876).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Joachim Neander ranks 133. Before him are Margarete Buber-Neumann (1901), Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871), Yehuda Amichai (1924), Rudolf Rocker (1873), Carl Zuckmayer (1896), and Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773). After him are Rahel Varnhagen (1771), Ludwig Uhland (1787), Anton Praetorius (1560), C. W. Ceram (1915), Fred Uhlman (1901), and Judith Kerr (1923).

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