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Joseph Victor von Scheffel

1826 - 1886

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Joseph Victor von Scheffel (16 February 1826 – 9 April 1886) was a German poet and novelist. His novel Ekkehard (1855) became one of the most popular German novels in the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Victor von Scheffel is the 4,964th most popular writer (up from 5,182nd in 2019), the 4,709th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,808th in 2019) and the 294th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joseph Victor von Scheffel ranks 4,964 out of 7,302. Before him are Ajdar Ismailov, Alexander Vampilov, Justine Musk, Juan de Mena, Feodor Gladkov, and Boris Vasilyev. After him are Olavo Bilac, Albert Mol, Ashapurna Devi, Henry Monnier, Joseph Jacobs, and Lalleshwari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Joseph Victor von Scheffel ranks 56. Before him are Mariano Ignacio Prado, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Domenico Morelli, Silvestro Lega, Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, and Friedrich Chrysander. After him are Henry Clifton Sorby, José María Medina, Sereno Watson, Matvey Gusev, José Eusebio Otalora, and Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl. Among people deceased in 1886, Joseph Victor von Scheffel ranks 51. Before him are Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt, Winfield Scott Hancock, Tomás Villalba, Eduard Oscar Schmidt, Johan Nicolai Madvig, and Richard Maack. After him are Zinovios Valvis, Théodore Aubanel, Samuel J. Tilden, Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, David Rice Atchison, and Henry Hobson Richardson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joseph Victor von Scheffel ranks 4,712 out of 7,253. Before him are Georg Gehring (1903), Paula Mollenhauer (1908), Andreas Kunz (1946), Oliver of Paderborn (1170), Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel (1768), and Saul Rubinek (1948). After him are Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller (1862), Friedhelm Konietzka (1938), Wolfgang Stark (1969), Uwe Barschel (1944), Dietrich Thurau (1954), and Fritz von Unruh (1885).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Joseph Victor von Scheffel ranks 294. Before him are Günter Kunert (1929), Wolfgang Koeppen (1906), Georg Calixtus (1586), Marieluise Fleißer (1901), Johann Baptist Allgaier (1763), and Adolf Brand (1874). After him are Fritz von Unruh (1885), Hans Werner Richter (1908), Joseph Meyer (1796), Theodor Plievier (1892), Mirjam Pressler (1940), and Botho Strauß (1944).

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