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Adolph Diesterweg

1790 - 1866

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Friedrich Adolph Wilhelm Diesterweg (29 October 1790 in Siegen – 7 July 1866 in Berlin) was a German educator, thinker, and progressive liberal politician, who campaigned for the secularization of schools. He is said to be precursory to the reform of pedagogy. Diesterweg is considered as "a teacher of teachers". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolph Diesterweg is the 8,177th most popular politician (down from 6,621st in 2019), the 2,247th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,796th in 2019) and the 673rd most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Adolph Diesterweg ranks 8,177 out of 19,576. Before him are Eurybiades, Afonso Pena, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, Mauregatus of Asturias, Konstantinos Tsatsos, and Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg. After him are Eudokia Angelina, Marquess of Beixiang, Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence, Shutruk-Nakhunte, Mojmir II of Moravia, and Richard Mentor Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, Adolph Diesterweg ranks 19. Before him are Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, Robert Stirling, John Austin, Marquis de Custine, José Antonio Páez, and Markos Botsaris. After him are Jean René Constant Quoy, Karol Lipiński, Keisai Eisen, Leopold, Prince of Salerno, Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, and Ferdinand Raimund. Among people deceased in 1866, Adolph Diesterweg ranks 15. Before him are Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, William Whewell, Chief Seattle, Friedrich Rückert, Rikard Nordraak, and Thomas Hodgkin. After him are Paul Gavarni, Alexander von Nordmann, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Massimo d'Azeglio, Winfield Scott, and Luigi Carlo Farini.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolph Diesterweg ranks 2,248 out of 7,253. Before him are Rolf Stommelen (1943), Adelbert Schulz (1903), Heinz Jost (1904), Wilhelm Peters (1815), Johann Karl August Musäus (1735), and Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1852). After him are Aloysia Weber (1760), Friedrich Boie (1789), Fabio Mancini (1987), Heinrich Aldegrever (1502), Erasmus Reinhold (1511), and Winrich von Kniprode (1310).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Adolph Diesterweg ranks 673. Before him are Willi Münzenberg (1889), Natalia Alexeievna (1755), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg (1383), Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1683), Heinz Jost (1904), and Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1852). After him are Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1817), Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt (1722), Frederick I, Elector Palatine (1425), Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1762), Louis III, Elector Palatine (1378), and Horst Sindermann (1915).

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