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Jens Peter Jacobsen

1847 - 1885

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Jens Peter Jacobsen (7 April 1847 – 30 April 1885) was a Danish novelist, poet, and scientist, in Denmark often just written as "J. P. Jacobsen". He began the naturalist movement in Danish literature and was a part of the Modern Breakthrough. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jens Peter Jacobsen is the 863rd most popular writer (up from 922nd in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Denmark (up from 104th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Danish Writer.

Jens Peter Jacobsen is most famous for his novel "Niels Lyhne," which was published in 1878.

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Among writers, Jens Peter Jacobsen ranks 863 out of 7,302Before him are Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Gaius Lucilius, Al-Zamakhshari, Georges Bernanos, Yanka Kupala, and Stephen Covey. After him are Vātsyāyana, Sam Shepard, Zhang Sanfeng, Arthur Adamov, Periander, and Douglas Adams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Jens Peter Jacobsen ranks 15Before him are Jesse James, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, Georges Sorel, Jean Casimir-Perier, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, and Max Liebermann. After him are Annie Besant, Radomir Putnik, Bolesław Prus, Sergey Nechayev, Paul Langerhans, and Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy. Among people deceased in 1885, Jens Peter Jacobsen ranks 11Before him are Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, Muhammad Ahmad, Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, and Carl Spitzweg. After him are Rosalía de Castro, L'Inconnue de la Seine, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Charles George Gordon, Thomas Andrews, and Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jens Peter Jacobsen ranks 103 out of 1,032Before him are Valdemar III of Denmark (1314), Tove Ditlevsen (1917), John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1545), Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1546), Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (850), and Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796). After him are Georg Brandes (1842), Bille August (1948), Sophia Brahe (1556), Sven Hassel (1917), Christopher II of Denmark (1276), and Christina of Denmark (1521).

Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Jens Peter Jacobsen ranks 9Before him are Sigrid Undset (1882), Johannes V. Jensen (1873), Henrik Pontoppidan (1857), Karen Blixen (1885), N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783), and Tove Ditlevsen (1917). After him are Georg Brandes (1842), Sven Hassel (1917), Martin Andersen Nexø (1869), Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), Adam Oehlenschläger (1779), and Jeppe Aakjær (1866).