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Theodor Storm

1817 - 1888

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Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (German pronunciation: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈʃtɔʁm] ; 14 September 1817 – 4 July 1888), commonly known as Theodor Storm, was a German-Frisian writer and poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodor Storm has received more than 169,127 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Theodor Storm is the 1,170th most popular writer (up from 1,177th in 2019), the 1,174th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,129th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular German Writer.

Theodor Storm is most famous for his short story "The Old House" and his novel "The Rider on the White Horse."

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  • 170k

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  • 59.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Theodor Storm ranks 1,170 out of 5,755. Before him are Robert Jordan, Marilyn vos Savant, Dylan Thomas, P. L. Travers, Jernej Kopitar, and Alain-Fournier. After him are Léon Bloy, Elsa Triolet, Sophia Tolstaya, Léon Werth, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Theodor Storm ranks 14. Before him are Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Syed Ahmad Khan, Princess Clémentine of Orléans, Niels Gade, and Pierre Larousse. After him are Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, Austen Henry Layard, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, and Táhirih. Among people deceased in 1888, Theodor Storm ranks 15. Before him are Nikolay Przhevalsky, Charles-Valentin Alkan, François Achille Bazaine, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Paul Langerhans, and Ascanio Sobrero. After him are Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Anton Mauve, Mary Ann Nichols, Mary Jane Kelly, Johannes Zukertort, and Elizabeth Stride.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Storm ranks 1,174 out of 6,142. Before him are Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach (1724), Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912), Theobald Boehm (1794), Werner Haase (1900), Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1831), and Helmut Rahn (1929). After him are Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (1473), Hans-Dieter Flick (1965), Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1680), Henry Suso (1295), Nena (1960), and Maria Sophia of Neuburg (1666).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Theodor Storm ranks 73. Before him are Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), Joost van den Vondel (1587), Radegund (518), Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), Hrotsvitha (935), and Charles De Coster (1827). After him are Gottfried Benn (1886), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426), Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736), W. G. Sebald (1944), and August von Kotzebue (1761).

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