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Kurd Lasswitz

1848 - 1910

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Kurd Lasswitz (German: Kurd Laßwitz; 20 April 1848 – 17 October 1910) was a German author, scientist, and philosopher. He has been called "the father of German science fiction". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurd Lasswitz has received more than 42,767 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Kurd Lasswitz is the 3,663rd most popular writer (down from 3,274th in 2019), the 751st most popular biography from Poland (down from 672nd in 2019) and the 90th most popular Polish Writer.

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  • 43k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kurd Lasswitz ranks 3,663 out of 5,755Before him are Abraham Goldfaden, Wilhelm Küchelbecker, Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, Amir Hamzah, Vitsentzos Kornaros, and Helena Roerich. After him are Tevfik Fikret, Gloria Fuertes, Fumiko Enchi, Mouloud Mammeri, Georgette Heyer, and Yevgeny Petrov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Kurd Lasswitz ranks 73Before him are Maria Bernarda Bütler, Benjamin Baillaud, Heinrich Hübschmann, Ferdinand Mannlicher, Hubertine Auclert, and Kamal-ol-molk. After him are Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, Enrico Forlanini, Alexander Kazbegi, Belle Starr, Hubert Parry, and Eugène Simon. Among people deceased in 1910, Kurd Lasswitz ranks 63Before him are Julius Petersen, Edouard Van Beneden, William Graham Sumner, Vera Komissarzhevskaya, Laza Kostić, and Giovanni Passannante. After him are Knut Ångström, Gustave Moynier, Emmanuel Frémiet, Fredrik von Otter, George Turner, and Andrea Costa.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Kurd Lasswitz ranks 751 out of 1,454Before him are Zofia Nałkowska (1884), Kazimierz Bein (1872), Erika Steinbach (1943), Paul Kletzki (1900), Matthias Habich (1940), and Wojciech Szczęsny (1990). After him are Bernhard Goetzke (1884), Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (1925), Hans Baluschek (1870), Tadeusz Konwicki (1926), Johann Christian Günther (1695), and Władysław Grabski (1874).

Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Kurd Lasswitz ranks 90Before him are Alfred Kerr (1867), Marcin Bielski (1495), Bronisława Wajs (1908), Salomėja Nėris (1904), Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715), and Zofia Nałkowska (1884). After him are Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (1925), Tadeusz Konwicki (1926), Johann Christian Günther (1695), Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768), Jurek Becker (1937), and Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889).