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Philipp Nicolai

1556 - 1608

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Philipp Nicolai (10 August 1556 – 26 October 1608) was a German Lutheran pastor, poet, and composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philipp Nicolai has received more than 74,068 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Philipp Nicolai is the 3,971st most popular writer (up from 4,085th in 2019), the 3,964th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,815th in 2019) and the 238th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 74k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philipp Nicolai ranks 3,971 out of 7,302. Before him are Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Daniel Boulanger, Lope de Rueda, James Allen, Joan Aiken, and Lino Aldani. After him are Claribel Alegría, Palaephatus, Elena Văcărescu, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, Shinichi Hoshi, and Sigbjørn Obstfelder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1556, Philipp Nicolai ranks 15. Before him are Jerzy Radziwiłł, Tōdō Takatora, Paul Bril, Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn, Jeanne de Lestonnac, and Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach. After him are Isaac Oliver, and George Peele. Among people deceased in 1608, Philipp Nicolai ranks 17. Before him are Sigismund Rákóczi, Bernardo Buontalenti, Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Bartolomeo Carducci, Alberico Gentili, and Ivan Bolotnikov. After him is Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Philipp Nicolai ranks 3,964 out of 7,253. Before him are Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1824), Ernest Oppenheimer (1880), Markus Söder (1967), Jacob Sturm (1771), Carl Dahlhaus (1928), and Theodor Benfey (1809). After him are Emil von Sauer (1862), Walter Burkert (1931), Georg Buschner (1925), Hans Clarin (1929), Conny Plank (1940), and Cem Özdemir (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Philipp Nicolai ranks 238. Before him are Johann Baptist Allgaier (1763), Karoline von Günderrode (1780), Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (1744), Friedrich von Bodenstedt (1819), Leopold Zunz (1794), and Max Lange (1832). After him are Emmy Hennings (1885), Wilferd Madelung (1930), Sarah Kirsch (1935), Hans Carossa (1878), Otto Ludwig (1813), and Oskar Maria Graf (1894).

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