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Johann Most

1846 - 1906

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Johann Joseph "Hans" Most (February 5, 1846 – March 17, 1906) was a German-American Social Democratic and then anarchist politician, newspaper editor, and orator. He is credited with popularizing the concept of "propaganda of the deed" in the United States. Most became a widely noted controversial figure when he published literature on how to make and use bombs, and was imprisoned several times for advocacy of violent anarchism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Most is the 3,412th most popular writer (up from 3,829th in 2019), the 3,556th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,844th in 2019) and the 213th most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Johann Most ranks 3,412 out of 7,302. Before him are Alessandro Tassoni, Corrado Alvaro, Antonio García Gutiérrez, Ephraim Chambers, Hiromi Kawakami, and Jean-François Revel. After him are Lillian Hellman, Pierre Jean Jouve, Hélène Berr, Tristan Bernard, Karl Ove Knausgård, and Niccolò Tommaseo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Johann Most ranks 69. Before him are Edouard Van Beneden, Martin Wegelius, Holger Drachmann, Ernest Monis, Alexander Karpinsky, and Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz. After him are Ignaz Brüll, Charles Stewart Parnell, Giuseppe De Nittis, Vladimir Makovsky, Seth Carlo Chandler, and William Robertson Smith. Among people deceased in 1906, Johann Most ranks 48. Before him are Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Josephine Butler, Kosta Khetagurov, Georges Rayet, Alfred Stevens, and Martin Wegelius. After him are Marin Drinov, Todor Burmov, Carl Schurz, Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe, Suzanne Manet, and Ferdinand Brunetière.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Most ranks 3,558 out of 7,253. Before him are Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1685), Ernst von Glasersfeld (1917), Adolf Martens (1850), Lilli Lehmann (1848), Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1748), and Franz Roth (1946). After him are Josef Kammhuber (1896), Christian Gmelin (1792), Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst (1607), Wilhelm Jordan (1842), Georg von Langsdorff (1774), and Heinrich Burger (1881).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Johann Most ranks 213. Before him are Alfred Andersch (1914), Janosch (1931), Theodor Körner (1791), Sophie von La Roche (1730), Justus Jonas (1493), and Johann Ernst Glück (1652). After him are Paul Fleming (1609), Sylvia Nasar (1947), Glückel of Hameln (1646), Oskar Maria Graf (1894), Herman Grimm (1828), and Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680).

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