WRITER

Theodor Körner

1791 - 1813

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Carl Theodor Körner (23 September 1791 – 26 August 1813) was a German poet and soldier. After having lived for some time in Vienna, where he wrote some light comedies and other works for the Burgtheater, he became a soldier and joined the Lützow Free Corps in the German uprising against Napoleon. During this time, he displayed personal courage in many fights, and inspired his comrades by fiery patriotic lyrics he composed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodor Körner has received more than 6,480 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Theodor Körner is the 3,510th most popular writer (down from 3,151st in 2019), the 3,596th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,169th in 2019) and the 217th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Theodor Körner ranks 3,510 out of 7,302Before him are Filip Višnjić, William Cowper, Dennis Lehane, Gonzalo de Berceo, Martin Gray, and Adrienne Rich. After him are Giuseppe Parini, Léo Malet, Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Emmanuel Bove, Alexey Troitsky, and Henri Alleg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1791, Theodor Körner ranks 29Before him are Ferdinand Hérold, Sergey Aksakov, Henryk Dembiński, Jan Václav Voříšek, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, and Louis Visconti. After him are Václav Hanka, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, William Elford Leach, Alexis Thérèse Petit, and Robert Knox. Among people deceased in 1813, Theodor Körner ranks 30Before him are Anton Bernolák, Anton Graff, George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Maria Caterina Brignole, Jacques Delille, and Robert Kerr. After him are Edmund Randolph, Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal, Benjamin Rush, Robert R. Livingston, Sophronius of Vratsa, and James Wyatt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Körner ranks 3,596 out of 7,253Before him are Rob Pilatus (1965), Horst Blankenburg (1947), Paul von Rusdorf (1385), Karl Christian Bruhns (1830), Wilhelm Pfeffer (1845), and Heinrich Tessenow (1876). After him are Fritz Buchloh (1909), Hans-Jürgen Kreische (1947), Gottlob Ernst Schulze (1761), Mechthild of the Palatinate (1419), Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (1831), and Michel Auclair (1922).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Theodor Körner ranks 217Before him are Willibald Pirckheimer (1470), Herman Grimm (1828), Sophie von La Roche (1730), Johann Ernst Glück (1652), Jurij Brězan (1916), and Justus Jonas (1493). After him are Leonhard Frank (1882), Gunter d'Alquen (1910), Günter Eich (1907), Johann Heinrich Voss (1751), Sylvia Nasar (1947), and Robert Jungk (1913).