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Ida Laura Pfeiffer

1797 - 1858

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Ida Laura Pfeiffer (14 October 1797, Vienna – 27 October 1858, Vienna), née Reyer, a famous early female Austrian professional traveler who became an explorer, ethnographer, and travel writer; her bestselling journals were translated into seven languages. She journeyed an estimated 32,000 kilometres (20,000 mi) by land and 240,000 kilometres (150,000 mi) by sea through Southeast Asia, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa, and made two trips around the world between 1846 and 1855. Though a member of the geographical societies of both Berlin and Paris, she was denied membership by the Royal Geographical Society in London as it forbade the election of women before 1913. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ida Laura Pfeiffer is the 1,491st most popular writer (down from 1,337th in 2019), the 357th most popular biography from Austria (down from 322nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Austrian Writer.

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Among writers, Ida Laura Pfeiffer ranks 1,491 out of 7,302. Before her are Alistair MacLean, Martin Gardner, Maj Sjöwall, Winifred Wagner, Elizabeth Siddal, and Hugo Claus. After her are Veronica Franco, François de Malherbe, B. K. S. Iyengar, Robert Bloch, Robin Hobb, and Ibn al-Khatib.

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Among people born in 1797, Ida Laura Pfeiffer ranks 28. Before her are Wilhelm Beer, Carlo Blasis, Carl Gustaf Mosander, Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, Manuela Sáenz, and James Ferguson. After her are Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, Sojourner Truth, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, and Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier. Among people deceased in 1858, Ida Laura Pfeiffer ranks 22. Before her are Ary Scheffer, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Nimatullah Kassab, Princess Margaretha of Saxony, Carl Gustaf Mosander, and Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov. After her are Harriet Taylor Mill, Tokugawa Iesada, Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Rachel Félix, Felice Orsini, and Mustafa Reşid Pasha.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ida Laura Pfeiffer ranks 357 out of 1,424. Before her are Frederick III, Duke of Austria (1347), Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein (1740), Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (1249), Franz Jonas (1899), Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (1870), and Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614). After her are Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (1226), Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria (1868), Karl Silberbauer (1911), Giovanni Battista Caproni (1886), Otto Hofmann (1896), and Zoltán Tildy (1889).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Ida Laura Pfeiffer ranks 27. Before her are August Kubizek (1888), Božena Němcová (1820), Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), Peter Altenberg (1859), Joseph Mohr (1792), and Christine Nöstlinger (1936). After her are Hermann Bahr (1863), Vicki Baum (1888), Marlen Haushofer (1920), Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774), Gitta Sereny (1921), and Johann Nestroy (1801).

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