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Charles De Coster

1827 - 1879

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Charles-Theodore-Henri De Coster (20 August 1827 – 7 May 1879) was a Belgian novelist whose efforts laid the basis for a native Belgian literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles De Coster is the 1,040th most popular writer (down from 1,029th in 2019), the 1,054th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,021st in 2019) and the 67th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Charles De Coster ranks 1,040 out of 7,302. Before him are August Kubizek, Lafcadio Hearn, Thomas Malory, August von Kotzebue, John Malalas, and Božena Němcová. After him are Edmund Spenser, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Persius, Bertran de Born, Mary Higgins Clark, and James Hadley Chase.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Charles De Coster ranks 13. Before him are Marcellin Berthelot, Heonjong of Joseon, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Deodoro da Fonseca, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, and William Holman Hunt. After him are Jyotirao Phule, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Oswald Achenbach, Jules Breton, Mangal Pandey, and Henry Gray. Among people deceased in 1879, Charles De Coster ranks 12. Before him are Adolf Anderssen, Albrecht von Roon, Rowland Hill, Thomas Couture, Maria Teresa of Savoy, and Gottfried Semper. After him are Julia Margaret Cameron, Ludwig Reichenbach, August Grisebach, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Jón Sigurðsson, and Johann Friedrich von Brandt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Charles De Coster ranks 1,054 out of 7,253. Before him are Albert of Riga (1165), Gotthard Kettler (1517), Reinhard Scheer (1863), Joseph Berchtold (1897), August von Kotzebue (1761), and Marianne Bachmeier (1950). After him are Bert Trautmann (1923), Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618), Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792), John McEnroe (1959), Caroline of Brunswick (1768), and Max Schreck (1879).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Charles De Coster ranks 67. Before him are Frank Wedekind (1864), Hartmann von Aue (1160), Joost van den Vondel (1587), Bettina von Arnim (1785), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), and August von Kotzebue (1761). After him are Alfred Brehm (1829), W. G. Sebald (1944), Ernst Barlach (1870), Tannhäuser (1205), Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426), and Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586).

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