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Christian Fürchtegott Gellert

1715 - 1769

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Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (4 July 1715 – 13 December 1769) was a German poet, one of the forerunners of the golden age of German literature that was ushered in by Lessing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christian Fürchtegott Gellert is the 2,321st most popular writer (up from 2,529th in 2019), the 2,506th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,674th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert ranks 2,321 out of 7,302. Before him are Orderic Vitalis, Lydia Davis, Wahb ibn Munabbih, August Derleth, Li Yu, and Berthold Auerbach. After him are Sakya Pandita, Andrey Kurbsky, Johann Peter Hebel, Cornell Woolrich, Bella Rosenfeld, and Vasyl Sukhomlynsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1715, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert ranks 10. Before him are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, William Watson, and Dorothea Erxleben. After him are Charles, Prince of Soubise, Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, and Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost. Among people deceased in 1769, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert ranks 5. Before him are Pope Clement XIII, Luqman, Pontiac, and Hakuin Ekaku. After him are Vasily Trediakovsky, and Giambattista Lolli.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert ranks 2,507 out of 7,253. Before him are Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (1244), Helmuth James von Moltke (1907), Friedrich Meinecke (1862), Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713), Berthold Auerbach (1812), and Bert Kaempfert (1923). After him are Adolf von Hildebrand (1847), Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (1772), Friedrich Christian Diez (1794), Martin Sandberger (1911), Marianne Sägebrecht (1945), and Wieland Wagner (1917).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert ranks 153. Before him are Karlheinz Deschner (1924), Uri Avnery (1923), Fred Uhlman (1901), Sebastian Haffner (1907), Jurij Brězan (1916), and Berthold Auerbach (1812). After him are Wieland Wagner (1917), Gertrud von Le Fort (1876), Karl Gutzkow (1811), August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796), Wilhelm Worringer (1881), and Caesarius of Heisterbach (1180).

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