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Franz von Schober

1796 - 1882

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Franz Adolf Friedrich Schober, since 1801 von Schober (born 17 May 1796, Torup Castle at Malmö, Sweden; died 13 September 1882 in Dresden), was a poet, librettist, lithographer, actor in Breslau and Legationsrat in Weimar. Schober was born to Austrian parents in Sweden. Educated in the Schnepfenthal Salzmann School, Akademisches Gymnasium (Vienna) and Kremsmünster Abbey, he returned to Vienna, where he began to study philosophy and met the composer Franz Schubert, his friends Johann Mayrhofer, Joseph von Spaun and the painters Leopold Kupelwieser and Moritz von Schwind. He also knew Beethoven during his later years and their relationship culminated when he visited him on Beethoven’s deathbed along with Schubert. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz von Schober is the 4,114th most popular writer (up from 4,393rd in 2019). (up from 3,594th in 2019)

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Among writers, Franz von Schober ranks 4,114 out of 7,302Before him are Pashko Vasa, Moritz Steinschneider, Sven Lindqvist, Mikayel Nalbandian, Antun Gustav Matoš, and Giovanni Arpino. After him are Carmen de Burgos, Kostandin Kristoforidhi, Samo Chalupka, Surdas, Mário Pinto de Andrade, and Bernhard Severin Ingemann.

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Among people born in 1796, Franz von Schober ranks 48Before him are George Catlin, Juan Esteban Pedernera, Anton Pann, Pyotr Anjou, Nikolai Turczaninow, and Leopold II, Prince of Lippe. After him are Antonios Kriezis, Wilhelm Hemprich, Immanuel Hermann Fichte, Stefano Franscini, Philippe Buchez, and Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Among people deceased in 1882, Franz von Schober ranks 65Before him are Nain Singh, Theodor Kullak, Auguste Barbier, Charles Blanc, Antoine Bussy, and Julius Hübner. After him are Juraj Dobrila, Katarina Ivanović, James Spriggs Payne, Charles Wyville Thomson, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, and Ion Andreescu.

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