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August Ludwig von Schlözer

1735 - 1809

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August Ludwig von Schlözer (5 July 1735, in Gaggstatt – 9 September 1809, in Göttingen) was a German historian and pedagogist who laid foundations for the critical study of Russian medieval history. He was a member of the Göttingen school of history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. August Ludwig von Schlözer is the 121st most popular historian (down from 112th in 2019), the 1,738th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,648th in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, August Ludwig von Schlözer ranks 121 out of 561Before him are Peter Burke, Leo the Deacon, Michael Glykas, Pierre Nora, Shoqan Walikhanov, and Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī. After him are Hayden White, Guibert of Nogent, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Michael Rostovtzeff, Alois Riegl, and Peter Martyr d'Anghiera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, August Ludwig von Schlözer ranks 9Before him are Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, Crown Prince Sado, François Christophe de Kellermann, Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, and Ibrahim Bey. After him are Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Torbern Bergman, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, John Carroll, Paul Revere, and Ahmad al-Tijani. Among people deceased in 1809, August Ludwig von Schlözer ranks 11Before him are Rama I, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, and Ueda Akinari. After him are Joseph-Marie Vien, Leopold Auenbrugger, Matthew Boulton, François Laurent d'Arlandes, John Moore, and William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August Ludwig von Schlözer ranks 1,738 out of 7,253Before him are William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487), Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord (1878), Oswald Achenbach (1827), Johann Kirnberger (1721), Werner Jaeger (1888), and Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine (1539). After him are Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (1763), Adolf Hurwitz (1859), Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736), Hans Blumenberg (1920), Edmund Conen (1914), and Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1727).

Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, August Ludwig von Schlözer ranks 14Before him are Julius Wellhausen (1844), Erich Auerbach (1892), Hermann Alexander Diels (1848), Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876), Christoph Cellarius (1638), and Reinhart Koselleck (1923). After him are Golo Mann (1909), Heinrich von Treitschke (1834), Hieronymus Wolf (1516), Helmold (1120), Hermann Abert (1871), and Jan Assmann (1938).