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Peter Andreas Heiberg

1758 - 1841

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Peter Andreas Heiberg (16 November 1758 – 30 April 1841) was a Danish-Norwegian author and philologist. He was born in Vordingborg, Denmark-Norway. The Heiberg ancestry can be traced back to Norway, and has produced a long line of priests, headmasters and other learned men. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Andreas Heiberg has received more than 21,953 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Peter Andreas Heiberg is the 3,777th most popular writer (up from 3,896th in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from Denmark (up from 380th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Danish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Andreas Heiberg ranks 3,777 out of 7,302. Before him are Mary Renault, Ferdinand Freiligrath, Friederike Mayröcker, Said Akl, Lucrezia Marinella, and Jacob of Serugh. After him are Charles Simon Favart, Gloria Vanderbilt, Alf Prøysen, Hovhannes Shiraz, Amado Nervo, and Charles Grandison Finney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1758, Peter Andreas Heiberg ranks 29. Before him are Jean Joseph Mounier, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Agustín de Betancourt, and Valentin Vodnik. After him are George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, John Hoppner, John Armstrong Jr., Thomas Picton, Charles Lee, and Fisher Ames. Among people deceased in 1841, Peter Andreas Heiberg ranks 31. Before him are Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Peter Chanel, Agustín Gamarra, Alessandro Rolla, and Bernhard Romberg. After him are Louis de Freycinet, Ignaz von Seyfried, Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg, Georg Anton Friedrich Ast, Jean Victoir Audouin, and David Don.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Peter Andreas Heiberg ranks 371 out of 1,032. Before him are Hilmar Baunsgaard (1920), Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1584), Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791), Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg (1887), Gitte Hænning (1946), and Erik Balling (1924). After him are Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1524), Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark (1788), Lise Nørgaard (1917), Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825), Christian August Lorentzen (1749), and Gøsta Esping-Andersen (1947).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Peter Andreas Heiberg ranks 35. Before him are Cecil Bødker (1927), Johannes Ewald (1743), Thorkild Hansen (1927), Johannes Jørgensen (1866), Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789), and Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791). After him are Lise Nørgaard (1917), Ari Behn (1972), Karin Michaëlis (1872), Klaus Rifbjerg (1931), Steen Steensen Blicher (1782), and Ole Lund Kirkegaard (1940).

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