WRITER

Johann Jakob Breitinger

1701 - 1776

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Johann Jakob Breitinger (1 March 1701 in Zürich – 14 December 1776) was a Swiss philologist and author. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Jakob Breitinger has received more than 19,141 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Jakob Breitinger is the 4,831st most popular writer (down from 4,431st in 2019), the 498th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 434th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Swiss Writer.

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  • 48.05

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.22

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  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Critische Dichtkunst
Early works to 1800, German poetry, History and criticism
1740
Critische Abhandlung von der Natur, den Absichten und dem Gebrauche der Gleichnisse
Simile, Metaphor
1967
Critische Abhandlung von der Natur, den Absichten und dem Gebrauche der Gleichnisse
Metaphor, Simile
1967
Beiträge Zur Kenntniß der Geschichte der Synode Von Dordrecht
2023
Critische Abhandling von der Natur den Absichten und dem gebrauche der ..
1740
Die Discourse der Mahlern, 1721-1722; Mit Anmerkungen
2018

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johann Jakob Breitinger ranks 4,831 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert of Torigni, Ōtomo no Tabito, Zig Ziglar, W. W. Jacobs, Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, and Barbro Lindgren. After him are Jeton Kelmendi, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Norman Smith, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, and Mahmoud Dowlatabadi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1701, Johann Jakob Breitinger ranks 15. Before him are Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Johan Agrell, Nicolai Eigtved, Dmitry Laptev, and Wu Jingzi. After him is Thomas Hudson. Among people deceased in 1776, Johann Jakob Breitinger ranks 13. Before him are Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, Johann Adolf Scheibe, John Ellis, and Giuseppe Asclepi. After him are Nathan Hale, and James Ferguson.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Johann Jakob Breitinger ranks 498 out of 1,015. Before him are Mattia Binotto (1969), Hans Huber (1852), Jakob Stämpfli (1820), Florian Cajori (1859), James of Saint George (1230), and Simon Ammann (1981). After him are John Isaac Briquet (1870), Émil Goeldi (1859), Eugen Huber (1849), Louis Ruchonnet (1834), Roger Bocquet (1921), and Giuseppe Lepori (1902).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Johann Jakob Breitinger ranks 44. Before him are Peter Bichsel (1935), Fernán Caballero (1796), Nicolas Bouvier (1929), Johann David Wyss (1743), Alain de Botton (1969), and Martin Suter (1948). After him are Béatrix Beck (1914), Jacques Chessex (1934), Urs Widmer (1938), Adolf Muschg (1934), Joël Dicker (1985), and Christian Kracht (1966).

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