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Conrad Ferdinand Meyer

1825 - 1898

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Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (11 October 1825 – 28 November 1898) was a Swiss poet and historical novelist, a master of literary realism who is mainly remembered for stirring narrative ballads like "Die Füße im Feuer" (The Feet in the Fire). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Conrad Ferdinand Meyer is the 1,841st most popular writer (up from 2,258th in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 230th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Swiss Writer.

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Among writers, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ranks 1,841 out of 7,302. Before him are Lajos Zilahy, Princess Michael of Kent, Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Jacques Cazotte, and Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. After him are Alonso de Ercilla, Joseph Joubert, I. L. Peretz, Simon Dach, Giovannino Guareschi, and Marcel Schwob.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ranks 26. Before him are Henri Giffard, Dadabhai Naoroji, Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, George Phillips Bond, Mór Jókai, and Princess Hildegard of Bavaria. After him are Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, R. M. Ballantyne, Frances Harper, Edward Frankland, Hervé, and Hans Gude. Among people deceased in 1898, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ranks 33. Before him are Princess Francisca of Brazil, George Müller, Georg Ebers, Siegfried Marcus, Tuone Udaina, and Constance Lloyd. After him are Prince Gong, Antoine François Marmontel, Carl Zeller, Pavel Tretyakov, Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, and Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ranks 197 out of 1,015. Before him are Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818), Jo Siffert (1936), Charles Bally (1865), Joachim Raff (1822), Yann Sommer (1988), and Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (1945). After him are Ueli Maurer (1950), Frithjof Schuon (1907), Köbi Kuhn (1943), Simonetta Sommaruga (1960), Billy Meier (1937), and Edwin Fischer (1886).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ranks 21. Before him are Rodolphe Töpffer (1799), Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905), Alfonsina Storni (1892), Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779), Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698), and Notker the Stammerer (840). After him are Jean Starobinski (1920), Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), Emma Jung (1882), Johann Peter Hebel (1760), Heinrich Glarean (1488), and Isaac Casaubon (1559).

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