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Johann Ludwig Burckhardt

1784 - 1817

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Johann Ludwig (also known as John Lewis, Jean Louis) Burckhardt (24 November 1784 – 15 October 1817) was a Swiss traveller, geographer and Orientalist. Burckhardt assumed the alias Sheikh Ibrahim Ibn Abdallah during his travels in Arabia. He wrote his letters in French and signed Louis. He is best known for rediscovering two of the world's most famous examples of rock-cut architecture – the ruins of the ancient Nabataean city of Petra in Jordan and the temples of Abu Simbel in Egypt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Ludwig Burckhardt is the 892nd most popular writer (down from 760th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 80th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swiss Writer.

Johann Ludwig Burckhardt is most famous for his discovery of the temple of Abu Simbel.

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Among writers, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt ranks 892 out of 7,302Before him are Robert E. Howard, Ian McEwan, Marie Mancini, Zenodotus, Chevalier d'Éon, and Kang Youwei. After him are Philippe Ariès, Sven Hassel, Nizar Qabbani, Radegund, Jean de La Bruyère, and Hans Fallada.

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Among people born in 1784, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt ranks 10Before him are Jérôme Bonaparte, Marie-Antoine Carême, Louis Spohr, Karl Thomas Mozart, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston. After him are Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, Rafael del Riego, Leigh Hunt, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Leo von Klenze, and François Rude. Among people deceased in 1817, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt ranks 11Before him are Charles Messier, André Masséna, Karađorđe, Marie Walewska, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, and Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin. After him are Duke Louis of Württemberg, Abraham Gottlob Werner, Nakşidil Sultan, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Fyodor Ushakov, and Theroigne de Mericourt.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt ranks 93 out of 1,015Before him are Gaspard Bauhin (1560), Ernest Bloch (1880), Alfred Cortot (1877), Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815), Nicholas of Flüe (1417), and Albrecht von Haller (1708). After him are Jean Tinguely (1925), Jost Bürgi (1552), Charles Gleyre (1806), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718), and Anna Göldi (1734).

Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt ranks 9Before him are Carl Spitteler (1845), Erich von Däniken (1935), Karl Barth (1886), Robert Walser (1878), Max Frisch (1911), and Alejo Carpentier (1904). After him are Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), Gottfried Keller (1819), Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908), Blaise Cendrars (1887), Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz (1878), and Rodolphe Töpffer (1799).