WRITER

Johann Jakob Bodmer

1698 - 1783

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Johann Jakob Bodmer (19 July 1698 – 2 January 1783) was a Swiss author, academic, critic and poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Jakob Bodmer has received more than 33,418 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Jakob Bodmer is the 2,395th most popular writer (down from 2,111th in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 215th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Swiss Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 33k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Jacob und Rachel
1752
Noah
Deluge, German poetry, Noah's ark
1765
Noachide
1767
Brief-Wechsel von der Natur des poetischen Geschmackes
Aesthetics, Literature, Philosophy
1966
Critische Abhandlung von dem Wunderbaren in der Poesie
Fall of man in literature, Milton, John, 1608-1674, Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost
1966
Critische Betrachtungen über die poetischen Gemählde der Dichter
History and criticism, Poetics, Poetry
1741

Page views of Johann Jakob Bodmers by language

Over the past year Johann Jakob Bodmer has had the most page views in the with 7,037 views, followed by English (3,999), and Spanish (1,165). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (110.09%), Latin (86.64%), and Alemannic (63.27%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johann Jakob Bodmer ranks 2,395 out of 7,302. Before him are André Frossard, Charles Berlitz, Akaki Tsereteli, Laura Esquivel, S. N. Goenka, and Izumi Shikibu. After him are Jean-Dominique Bauby, Per Petterson, Jeremias Gotthelf, M. Karunanidhi, Abu-l-'Atahiya, and Giovanni Pascoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1698, Johann Jakob Bodmer ranks 13. Before him are Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Riccardo Broschi, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Jean Calas, and Erik Pontoppidan. After him are Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans, Pyotr Saltykov, François Francoeur, Giacomo Ceruti, George Browne, and Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt. Among people deceased in 1783, Johann Jakob Bodmer ranks 14. Before him are Antonio Soler, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Johann Kirnberger, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Benedict Joseph Labre, and Nikita Ivanovich Panin. After him are Christian Mayer, William Hunter, Ignaz Holzbauer, Gerhard Friedrich Müller, Capability Brown, and Alexander Ablesimov.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Johann Jakob Bodmer ranks 244 out of 1,015. Before him are Josias Braun-Blanquet (1884), Ignazio Cassis (1961), Jean Ziegler (1934), Albert Scherrer (1908), Anton Graff (1736), and Claude Nicollier (1944). After him are Vincent Perez (1964), Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), Rudolf Wolf (1816), Matilda of Habsburg (1253), Johann Peter Hebel (1760), and Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Johann Jakob Bodmer ranks 24. Before him are Rodolphe Töpffer (1799), Notker the Stammerer (840), Jean Starobinski (1920), Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825), Heinrich Glarean (1488), and Emma Jung (1882). After him are Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), Johann Peter Hebel (1760), Peter Bieri (1944), Arthur Cravan (1887), Edmond Privat (1889), and Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484).

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