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Hartmann Schedel

1440 - 1514

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Hartmann Schedel (13 February 1440 – 28 November 1514) was a German historian, physician, humanist, and one of the first cartographers to use the printing press. He was born and died in Nuremberg. Matheolus Perusinus served as his tutor. Schedel is best known for his writing the text for the Nuremberg Chronicle, known as Schedelsche Weltchronik (English: Schedel's World Chronicle), published in 1493 in Nuremberg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hartmann Schedel is the 1,407th most popular writer (down from 1,369th in 2019), the 1,490th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,418th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Hartmann Schedel ranks 1,407 out of 7,302. Before him are Elsa Triolet, Ko Un, Rosika Schwimmer, James Baldwin, Cees Nooteboom, and Roland Topor. After him are Machado de Assis, Sergey Mikhalkov, Ihara Saikaku, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, and Jean-Jacques Ampère.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1440, Hartmann Schedel ranks 7. Before him are Ivan III of Russia, Ladislaus the Posthumous, Kabir, Hugo van der Goes, Diogo Cão, and Sten Sture the Elder. After him are Antonio Vivarini, Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Jorge Manrique, Bartolomé Bermejo, Alain I of Albret, and Mauro Codussi. Among people deceased in 1514, Hartmann Schedel ranks 5. Before him are Donato Bramante, Anne of Brittany, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, and György Dózsa. After him are Charlotte of Albret, António de Abreu, Anna of Brandenburg, and Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hartmann Schedel ranks 1,490 out of 7,253. Before him are Dorothea Binz (1920), Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (1866), William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1425), Joachim von Sandrart (1606), Gretl Braun (1915), and Martin Schulz (1955). After him are Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1697), Mike Nichols (1931), André Previn (1929), Anna Leopoldovna (1718), Ernst Lindemann (1894), and Philipp Bouhler (1899).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Hartmann Schedel ranks 93. Before him are Else Lasker-Schüler (1869), Arnold van Gennep (1873), Jakob Wassermann (1873), Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825), Georg Kaiser (1878), and Wilhelm Weitling (1808). After him are Joachim Fest (1926), Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887), Albert of Aix (1060), Paul Rée (1849), Gustav Landauer (1870), and August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798).

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