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August Spies

1855 - 1887

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August Vincent Theodore Spies (, SPEES; December 10, 1855 – November 11, 1887) was an American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor. An anarchist, Spies was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder following a bomb attack on police in an event remembered as the Haymarket affair. Spies was one of four who were executed in the aftermath of this event. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. August Spies is the 4,617th most popular writer (up from 5,613th in 2019), the 4,494th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,072nd in 2019) and the 279th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, August Spies ranks 4,617 out of 7,302. Before him are Elin Wägner, Ioannis Chrysafis, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Taranatha, Winston Graham, and Krishan Chander. After him are Vesna Parun, Vittoria Aganoor, Kostas Karyotakis, Robert Bolt, Mary McCarthy, and Johann David Wyss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, August Spies ranks 86. Before him are Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, Eugene V. Debs, Emil Paur, Frank Hadow, Karl Madsen, and Henry Nicholas Ridley. After him are Vittoria Aganoor, Cecilia Beaux, Pierre Puiseux, Oskar von Miller, C. V. Boys, and Clinton Hart Merriam. Among people deceased in 1887, August Spies ranks 50. Before him are Mohamed Sherif Pasha, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Sarah Yorke Jackson, John Taylor, Luigi Jacobini, and Julius von Haast. After him are E. Marlitt, Fran Levstik, Peder Balke, José Rufino Echenique, Dorothea Dix, and George Alexander Macfarren.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August Spies ranks 4,497 out of 7,253. Before him are Mira Lobe (1913), Karin Büttner-Janz (1952), Karl Freiherr von Müffling (1775), Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (1807), Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901), and Alexander Kanoldt (1881). After him are Josef Pieper (1904), Elisabeth Magdalena of Pomerania (1580), Franziskus von Bettinger (1850), Hans Schwartz (1913), Johann Jacob Dillenius (1684), and Reinhold Münzenberg (1909).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, August Spies ranks 279. Before him are Tankred Dorst (1925), Louise Otto-Peters (1819), Bruno Frank (1887), Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867), Mira Lobe (1913), and Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901). After him are E. Marlitt (1825), Felix Dahn (1834), Hedwig Dohm (1831), Reiner Kunze (1933), Johann von Rist (1607), and Heinrich Zschokke (1771).

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