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Ewald Georg von Kleist

1700 - 1748

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Ewald Georg von Kleist (10 June 1700 – 11 December 1748), also known as Ewald Jürgen von Kleist, was a German jurist, Lutheran cleric, physicist and the inventor of the Leyden jar. A member of the von Kleist family, Ewald was born in Wicewo in Farther Pomerania. His father was district administrator Ewald Joachim von Kleist (1657–1716). He studied jurisprudence at the University of Leipzig and the University of Leyden and may have started his interest in electricity at the latter university under the influence of Willem 's Gravesande. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ewald Georg von Kleist is the 33rd most popular lawyer (down from 26th in 2019), the 364th most popular biography from Poland (down from 329th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Lawyer.

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Among lawyers, Ewald Georg von Kleist ranks 33 out of 136. Before him are Al-Tahawi, Al-Mawardi, Irnerius, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, Kiki Camarena, and Warren Christopher. After him are John Kerr, Baldus de Ubaldis, Scooter Libby, Hans Gross, Tivadar Soros, and Franz von Liszt.

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Among people born in 1700, Ewald Georg von Kleist ranks 12. Before him are Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, James Thomson, Johann Christoph Gottsched, and Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans. After him are Jean-Antoine Nollet, Clemens August of Bavaria, Luigi Vanvitelli, Gerard van Swieten, Joannicius III of Constantinople, and Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. Among people deceased in 1748, Ewald Georg von Kleist ranks 6. Before him are Johann Bernoulli, Muhammad Shah, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I, James Thomson, and Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg. After him are Johann Gottfried Walther, Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein, Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Ebrahim Afshar, William Kent, and Abul Khair Khan.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Ewald Georg von Kleist ranks 364 out of 1,694. Before him are Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz (1893), Bolesław IV the Curly (1120), Johannes Bugenhagen (1485), Andreas Gryphius (1616), Avraham Stern (1907), and Ernst Wilimowski (1916). After him are Stanislav Kosior (1889), C. L. Gloger (1803), Krzysztof Zanussi (1939), Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885), Leszek II the Black (1241), and Stanisław Koniecpolski (1591).

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Among LAWYERS In Poland

Among lawyers born in Poland, Ewald Georg von Kleist ranks 1. After him are Peter Yorck von Wartenburg (1904).

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