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Paul Gerhardt

1607 - 1676

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Paulus or Paul Gerhardt (12 March 1607 – 27 May 1676) was a German theologian, Lutheran minister and hymnodist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Gerhardt has received more than 161,260 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Paul Gerhardt is the 1,846th most popular writer (up from 1,894th in 2019), the 1,967th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,990th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Geistliche Lieder
German Hymns, Hymns, German
1874
Gedichte
1877
Ich bin ein Gast auf Erden
Christian poetry, German, German Christian poetry, German Hymns
1998
Lieder
1922
Dichtungen und Schriften
1957
Sarah Binks
1947

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul Gerhardt ranks 1,846 out of 7,302. Before him are Fulcanelli, May Ziade, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Feng Menglong, Edmond Jabès, and Hipponax. After him are Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Caecilius Statius, Thomas Keneally, Mustafa Balel, Cesare Zavattini, and Per Wahlöö.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1607, Paul Gerhardt ranks 9. Before him are Anna Maria van Schurman, Jan Lievens, John Harvard, Infante Carlos of Spain, Zhu Yousong, and Wenceslaus Hollar. After him are Akile Hatun, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Antoine Gombaud, Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans, Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, and Antonio Barberini. Among people deceased in 1676, Paul Gerhardt ranks 13. Before him are Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Madame de Brinvilliers, Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, and Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg. After him are Francis I Rákóczi, Abraham Bosse, Saib Tabrizi, Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria, Nicolò Sagredo, and Gisbertus Voetius.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Gerhardt ranks 1,967 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Hartung (1904), Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783), Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828), Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678), Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1688), and Jacob Schiff (1847). After him are Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906), Christoph Schneider (1966), Alfred Schmidt (1931), Heinrich Schwarz (1906), Fritz Wunderlich (1930), and Hieronymus Wolf (1516).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Paul Gerhardt ranks 122. Before him are Friedrich Rückert (1788), Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633), Elvira Madigan (1867), Theodor Nöldeke (1836), Katia Mann (1883), and Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1579). After him are Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797), Handrij Zejler (1804), Wolfgang Borchert (1921), Jordan of Saxony (1190), Margarete Buber-Neumann (1901), and Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871).

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