WRITER

Johan Herman Wessel

1742 - 1785

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Johan Herman Wessel (6 October 1742 – 29 December 1785) was an 18th-century Danish-Norwegian poet, satirist and playwright. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Herman Wessel has received more than 42,115 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Herman Wessel is the 3,656th most popular writer (down from 3,258th in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Norway (down from 183rd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 42k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johan Herman Wessel ranks 3,656 out of 7,302. Before him are Driss Chraïbi, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Samih al-Qasim, Otfrid of Weissenburg, Farrukhi Sistani, and Ilya Ilf. After him are Firaq Gorakhpuri, Guillaume Musso, Richard Yates, Tevfik Fikret, Sylvia Nasar, and Marta Kauffman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1742, Johan Herman Wessel ranks 19. Before him are Ignaz von Born, Charlotte von Stein, Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper, Nathanael Greene, and Pōmare I. After him are Anders Jahan Retzius, Joseph Brant, Félix de Azara, David Bushnell, James Wilson, and Alexander Ablesimov. Among people deceased in 1785, Johan Herman Wessel ranks 17. Before him are Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg, Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess Frederica of Württemberg, Ali-Morad Khan Zand, and Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Johann Gerhard König, Gottfried August Homilius, Stephen Hopkins, John Belchier, Ventura Rodríguez, and János Sajnovics.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Johan Herman Wessel ranks 225 out of 1,039. Before him are Arne Brustad (1912), Harald Sæverud (1897), Roald Aas (1928), Thoralf Skolem (1887), Helge Ingstad (1899), and Kirsti Sparboe (1946). After him are Colin Archer (1832), Erling Skakke (1115), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), Johan Turi (1854), Harald Grønningen (1934), and Wenche Myhre (1947).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Johan Herman Wessel ranks 42. Before him are Johan Borgen (1902), Sigurd Hoel (1890), Karl Ove Knausgård (1968), Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), and Hulda Garborg (1862). After him are Johan Turi (1854), Alf Prøysen (1914), Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1634), Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920), and Olav Duun (1876).

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