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Richard Wilhelm

1873 - 1930

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Richard Wilhelm (10 May 1873 – 2 March 1930) was a German sinologist, theologian and missionary. He lived in China for 25 years, became fluent in spoken and written Chinese, and grew to love and admire the Chinese people. He is best remembered for his translations of philosophical works from Chinese into German that in turn have been translated into other major languages of the world, including English. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Wilhelm has received more than 16,476 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Wilhelm is the 390th most popular physician (down from 356th in 2019), the 3,023rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,712th in 2019) and the 67th most popular German Physician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Richard Wilhelm ranks 390 out of 726. Before him are Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet, Scribonius Largus, Hans Münch, Petrus Camper, William Bayliss, and Olof Rudbeck the Younger. After him are Warren Sturgis McCulloch, Peseshet, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Emil Aarestrup, Gregg L. Semenza, and Wilhelm Griesinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Richard Wilhelm ranks 92. Before him are Joseph Jongen, Daisy, Princess of Pless, Ramón Castillo, Jaap Eden, Marija Jurić Zagorka, and Gyula Peidl. After him are José Martínez Ruiz, Charles Fox Parham, Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, Gustaf John Ramstedt, Michele Besso, and Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde. Among people deceased in 1930, Richard Wilhelm ranks 58. Before him are Lon Chaney, Oku Yasukata, Paul Émile Appell, Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera, Adolf Wölfli, and Robert Hennet. After him are Paul Levi, Oskar Nedbal, Abram Arkhipov, Giuseppe Morello, Viggo Jensen, and Maximilian Njegovan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Richard Wilhelm ranks 3,023 out of 7,253. Before him are Charles Elliot (1801), Olga Benário Prestes (1908), William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1560), Hugo Schiff (1834), Norbert Burgmüller (1810), and Karl Möbius (1825). After him are Salomea of Berg (1093), Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776), Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1703), Ulf Kirsten (1965), Oliver Hirschbiegel (1957), and Princess Anna of Saxony (1836).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Richard Wilhelm ranks 67. Before him are Michael Maier (1568), Johann Kremer (1883), Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (1744), Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (1776), Karl Friedrich Burdach (1776), and Hans Münch (1911). After him are Wilhelm Griesinger (1817), Theodor Meynert (1833), Paul Julius Möbius (1853), Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723), Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766), and Ferdinand von Mueller (1825).

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