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Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall

1774 - 1856

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Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall (9 June 1774 – 23 November 1856) was an Austrian orientalist, historian and diplomat. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall has received more than 118,306 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall is the 1,514th most popular writer (up from 1,632nd in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from Austria (up from 399th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Austrian Writer.

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  • 58.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall ranks 1,514 out of 7,302. Before him are George of Pisidia, Louise Labé, Vladimir Korolenko, Hjalmar Söderberg, Babrius, and Ion Luca Caragiale. After him are J. G. Ballard, Semonides of Amorgos, Ahmed Shawqi, Hugo Claus, Diagoras of Melos, and Laonikos Chalkokondyles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall ranks 16. Before him are Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, William Henry, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, Charles Bell, and Christian Leopold von Buch. After him are Robert Southey, Lord William Bentinck, Francis Baily, Matthew Flinders, Pierre Rode, and Daniel D. Tompkins. Among people deceased in 1856, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall ranks 15. Before him are Étienne Cabet, Ľudovít Štúr, 11th Dalai Lama, Théodore Chassériau, Farkas Bolyai, and Manuela Sáenz. After him are Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, Princess Elisabeth of Savoy, David d'Angers, Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Augustin Thierry, and Princess Pauline of Württemberg.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall ranks 362 out of 1,424. Before him are Johann Joseph Fux (1660), Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (1249), Alois Hudal (1885), Max Adler (1873), Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche (1909), and Leopold Berchtold (1863). After him are Adam Rainer (1899), Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels (1874), Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg (1902), Franz Jägerstätter (1907), Wirich Philipp von Daun (1669), and Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria (1868).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall ranks 27. Before him are Miep Gies (1909), August Kubizek (1888), Christine Nöstlinger (1936), Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797), Joseph Mohr (1792), and Vicki Baum (1888). After him are Peter Altenberg (1859), Hermann Bahr (1863), Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874), Eva Schloss (1929), and Gitta Sereny (1921).

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