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Ludwig Thoma

1867 - 1921

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Ludwig Thoma (German: [ˈluːt.vɪç ˈtoː.ma] ; 21 January 1867 in Oberammergau – 26 August 1921 in Tegernsee) was a German author, publisher and editor, who gained popularity through his partially exaggerated description of everyday Bavarian life. After graduation from the Imperial Latin School in Landstuhl (today: Sickingen- Gymnasium Landstuhl), he first studied Forestry in Aschaffenburg, then Law until 1893 in Munich and Erlangen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig Thoma has received more than 65,106 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig Thoma is the 4,568th most popular writer, the 4,108th most popular biography from Germany and the 274th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 65k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ludwig Thoma ranks 4,568 out of 5,755. Before him are Svatopluk Čech, Walter Anderson, Solomana Kante, Brian Lumley, Joe Eszterhas, and Michel Déon. After him are Ndre Mjeda, Svetlana Velmar-Janković, Javier Cercas, Roy Jacobsen, Ludwig Bechstein, and Hiromi Kawakami.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Ludwig Thoma ranks 107. Before him are Vintilă Brătianu, Caleb Bradham, Chris Watson, Carmen de Burgos, Richard Schorr, and Manuel Portela Valladares. After him are Charles Fabry, Domenico Mezzadri, Vikenty Veresaev, Petr Bezruč, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, and Antonio Conte. Among people deceased in 1921, Ludwig Thoma ranks 98. Before him are Sherburne Wesley Burnham, Władysław Żeleński, Hans Huber, Isidor Kaufmann, Rafael Reyes, and William Friese-Greene. After him are Jean Aicard, Edward Douglass White, Isak Saba, Leo Königsberger, Abbott Handerson Thayer, and Lipót Schulhof.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Thoma ranks 4,108 out of 6,142. Before him are Alfred Landé (1888), Ernst Hartert (1859), Johann Gottfried Seume (1763), Leo Anton Karl de Ball (1853), Friedrich Tietjen (1834), and Friedrich Sixt von Armin (1851). After him are Peter Altmaier (1958), Bernd Förster (1956), Ulf Timmermann (1962), Ludwig Bechstein (1801), Friedrich Chrysander (1826), and Rainer Zobel (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Ludwig Thoma ranks 274. Before him are Kito Lorenc (1938), Adolf Brand (1874), Peter Härtling (1933), Wolfgang Koeppen (1906), Karl Leberecht Immermann (1796), and Johann Gottfried Seume (1763). After him are Ludwig Bechstein (1801), Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680), Hermann Kant (1926), Georg Calixtus (1586), Fritz von Unruh (1885), and Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750).

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