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Joseph Meyer

1796 - 1856

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Joseph Meyer (9 May 1796 - 27 June 1856) was a German industrialist and publisher, most noted for his encyclopaedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Meyer is the 5,024th most popular writer (down from 4,746th in 2019), the 4,746th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,502nd in 2019) and the 297th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joseph Meyer ranks 5,024 out of 7,302. Before him are Edmund Wilson, Manuel Bandeira, Albert Samain, Thaddeus Bulgarin, Louella Parsons, and Frank Norris. After him are Theodor Plievier, Dante Spinotti, Margaret Mazzantini, Henry of Huntingdon, Oskar Pastior, and Hervé Guibert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1796, Joseph Meyer ranks 58. Before him are Stefano Franscini, Philippe Buchez, Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont, John M. Clayton, Frederick William Beechey, and Phan Thanh Giản. After him are Francis Crozier, Robert Wight, Andreas von Ettingshausen, Karl Leberecht Immermann, John Torrey, and George Back. Among people deceased in 1856, Joseph Meyer ranks 51. Before him are Nicaise Auguste Desvaux, Ivan Kireyevsky, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet, Michel Félix Dunal, John M. Clayton, and Frederick William Beechey. After him are William Yarrell, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, Thomas Doughty, John M. Berrien, John Eaton, and George Don.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joseph Meyer ranks 4,749 out of 7,253. Before him are Frank Forberger (1943), Karl Kreutzberg (1912), Manfred Kokot (1948), Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (1912), Georg Kulenkampff (1898), and Claudia Roth (1955). After him are Theodor Fischer (1862), Ulrike Meyfarth (1956), Theodor Plievier (1892), Paul Weinstein (1878), Hildegard Falck (1949), and David Garrett (1980).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Joseph Meyer ranks 297. Before him are Marieluise Fleißer (1901), Johann Baptist Allgaier (1763), Adolf Brand (1874), Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826), Fritz von Unruh (1885), and Hans Werner Richter (1908). After him are Theodor Plievier (1892), Mirjam Pressler (1940), Botho Strauß (1944), Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815), Walter Kempowski (1929), and Hermann Kant (1926).

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