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Johann David Wyss

1743 - 1818

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Johann David Wyss (German: [ˈjoːhan ˈdaːfɪd ˈviːs]; 28 May 1743 – 11 January 1818) was a Swiss author, best remembered for his book The Swiss Family Robinson (Der schweizerische Robinson) (1812). He was born and died in Bern. It is said that he was inspired by Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, but wanted to write a story from which his own children would learn, as the father in the story taught important lessons to his children. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann David Wyss has received more than 190,595 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Johann David Wyss is the 4,351st most popular writer (down from 4,182nd in 2019), the 426th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 390th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Swiss Writer.

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  • 190k

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  • 47.55

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johann David Wyss ranks 4,351 out of 5,755. Before him are Manuel Bandeira, César Aira, Dimitrija Demeter, Jenő Rejtő, Franciszek Karpiński, and Jonathan Carroll. After him are Walter Savage Landor, Rachel de Queiroz, Carrie Nation, Mário Pinto de Andrade, Hans Henny Jahnn, and Edmund Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1743, Johann David Wyss ranks 30. Before him are Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Johannes Ewald, Elisabeth Christina von Linné, and José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa. After him are John Fitch, Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and Anna Laetitia Barbauld. Among people deceased in 1818, Johann David Wyss ranks 39. Before him are Josef Abel, Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Ivan Kulibin, Marie-Gabrielle Capet, Joachim Heinrich Campe, and Henry Lee III. After him are Jean Baptiste Point du Sable and George Rogers Clark.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Johann David Wyss ranks 426 out of 876. Before him are Georges-Louis Le Sage (1724), Gottfried Dienst (1919), Arthur Cohn (1927), Justus Dahinden (1925), Johannes Müller Argoviensis (1828), and Charles Champaud (1865). After him are Walter Wild (1872), Hans Huber (1852), Patrick Juvet (1950), Princess Nora of Liechtenstein (1950), Lionel Dunsterville (1865), and Max Petitpierre (1899).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Johann David Wyss ranks 41. Before him are Françoise Giroud (1916), Peter Bichsel (1935), Fernán Caballero (1796), Robert Pinget (1919), Nicolas Bouvier (1929), and Alain de Botton (1969). After him are Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701), Martin Suter (1948), Urs Widmer (1938), Béatrix Beck (1914), Adolf Muschg (1934), and Joël Dicker (1985).

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