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Wilhelm Geiger

1856 - 1943

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Wilhelm Ludwig Geiger (; German: [ˈɡaɪɡɐ]; 21 July 1856 – 2 September 1943) was a German Orientalist in the fields of Indo-Iranian languages and the history of Iran and Sri Lanka. He was known as a specialist in Pali, Sinhala language and the Dhivehi language of the Maldives. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Geiger has received more than 57,300 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Geiger is the 5,056th most popular writer (down from 4,363rd in 2019), the 4,375th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,735th in 2019) and the 295th most popular German Writer.

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  • 15

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  • 5.01

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  • 2.03

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wilhelm Geiger ranks 5,056 out of 5,755Before him are Robert J. Sawyer, Jan Lechoń, Alan Ayckbourn, Sándor Bródy, Aquilino Ribeiro, and Mehmet Emin Yurdakul. After him are James Hogg, Peider Lansel, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Bart D. Ehrman, Anatole Le Braz, and Villy Sørensen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Wilhelm Geiger ranks 107Before him are Yuly Shokalsky, Friedrich Kluge, Edward Goodrich Acheson, Wovoka, Belisario Porras Barahona, and Colin Campbell Cooper. After him are Anton Aškerc, Granville Woods, Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar, Karolina Widerström, Paul Henri Lecomte, and Keir Hardie. Among people deceased in 1943, Wilhelm Geiger ranks 170Before him are Alice Tegnér, Dudley Pound, Eva Kotchever, Ioannis Persakis, Hector Goetinck, and Marsden Hartley. After him are Peider Lansel, Willoughby Hamilton, Tully Marshall, Farid Simaika, Rupert Julian, and Gustav von Seyffertitz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Geiger ranks 4,375 out of 6,142Before him are Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826), Wolfram Löwe (1945), Wolfgang Dremmler (1954), Christoph Höhne (1941), Werner Krämer (1940), and Ellen Allien (1968). After him are Ingrid Auerswald (1957), Rosemary Murphy (1925), Joseph Wendel (1901), Bernd Schneider (1964), Georg Hilmar (1876), and Erich Kähler (1906).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Wilhelm Geiger ranks 295Before him are Adolf Bartels (1862), Günther Jauch (1956), Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934), Ralph Giordano (1923), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927), and Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826). After him are Elisabeth Langgässer (1899), Ludwig Ganghofer (1855), Franz Xaver Kroetz (1946), Nathan Zach (1930), Erwin Strittmatter (1912), and Günter de Bruyn (1926).