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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 109,461 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall is the 1,636th most popular writer (up from 1,793rd in 2019), the 399th most popular biography from Austria (up from 410th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Austrian Writer.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall ranks 1,636 out of 5,755. Before him are Martin Opitz, Avitus of Vienne, Rafael Sabatini, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Martin of Opava, and Per Wahlöö. After him are Ruth Rendell, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Rainis, Robert Brasillach, Robert de Boron, and Philippe de Commines.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall ranks 13. Before him are Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Gaspare Spontini, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Charles Bell, and William Henry. After him are Christian Leopold von Buch, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Matthew Flinders, Lord William Bentinck, Francis Baily, and Robert Southey. Among people deceased in 1856, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall ranks 17. Before him are Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, Manuela Sáenz, 11th Dalai Lama, Théodore Chassériau, Farkas Bolyai, and Princess Elisabeth of Savoy. After him are Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Augustin Thierry, David d'Angers, and Charles Frédéric Gerhardt.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall ranks 399 out of 1,237. Before him are Johannes Schober (1874), Herbert Bayer (1900), Paul Badura-Skoda (1927), Frederick I, Duke of Austria (1175), Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (1249), and Adam Rainer (1899). After him are Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797), Vicki Baum (1888), Otto Wächter (1901), Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria (1876), Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1796), and Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein (1690).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall ranks 31. Before him are Eva Schloss (1929), Joseph Mohr (1792), Peter Altenberg (1859), Christine Nöstlinger (1936), Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), and Raul Hilberg (1926). After him are Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797), Vicki Baum (1888), Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874), Hermann Bahr (1863), Johann Nestroy (1801), and Gitta Sereny (1921).

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