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Peter Schenk the Elder

1660 - 1711

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Petrus Schenck, or Pieter, or Peter Schenk the Elder (baptized: 26 December 1660 – between 12 August and 17 November 1711 in Leipzig) was a German engraver and cartographer active in Amsterdam and Leipzig. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Schenk the Elder has received more than 34,625 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Schenk the Elder is the 63rd most popular geographer, the 3,956th most popular biography from Germany and the 10th most popular German Geographer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Peter Schenk the Elder ranks 63 out of 86. Before him are Guillaume Delisle, Emmanuel de Martonne, Claes Jansz. Visscher, August Heinrich Petermann, Torsten Hägerstrand, and Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho. After him are John Walter Gregory, Vaclav Smil, Nicolas de Fer, Ellen Churchill Semple, Anton Friedrich Büsching, and Curt von François.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1660, Peter Schenk the Elder ranks 20. Before him are Rafael Casanova, Friedrich Hoffmann, Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena, Olof Rudbeck the Younger, Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, and Jakob Prandtauer. After him are Grace Sherwood, Francis Hauksbee, Gavriil Golovkin, Jeanne Dumée, and Edward Lhuyd. Among people deceased in 1711, Peter Schenk the Elder ranks 15. Before him are Joseph Vaz, Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Eusebio Kino, Gerard de Lairesse, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, and Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Schenk the Elder ranks 3,956 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer (1782), Wilhelm Gesenius (1786), Edgar Reitz (1932), Marco Rose (1976), Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1560), and Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels (1541). After him are Leopold III, Prince of Lippe (1821), Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1824), Ernest Oppenheimer (1880), Markus Söder (1967), Jacob Sturm (1771), and Carl Dahlhaus (1928).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Germany

Among geographers born in Germany, Peter Schenk the Elder ranks 10. Before him are Sebastian Münster (1488), Albrecht Penck (1858), Alfred Hettner (1859), Johann Georg Gmelin (1709), Hans Meyer (1858), and August Heinrich Petermann (1822). After him are Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724), Adolf Stieler (1775), and Richard Andree (1835).

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