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Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall

1774 - 1856

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Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall (Arabic: يوسف حامر, romanized: Yūsuf Ḥāmir; 9 June 1774 – 23 November 1856) was an Austrian orientalist, historian and diplomat. He is considered one of the most accomplished orientalists of his time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall is the 1,725th most popular writer (down from 1,513th in 2019), the 403rd most popular biography from Austria (down from 362nd in 2019) and the 31st most popular Austrian Writer.

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Among writers, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall ranks 1,725 out of 7,302. Before him are Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Camilla Läckberg, Antoine de Montchrestien, Jacopone da Todi, and Marlen Haushofer. After him are Theodor Nöldeke, Ahmad ibn Arabshah, Shen Yue, Boris Akunin, Herbjørg Wassmo, and Liu Zongyuan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall ranks 17. Before him are Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, William Henry, Christian Leopold von Buch, Charles Bell, and Salomon Mayer von Rothschild. After him are André Marie Constant Duméril, Matthew Flinders, Robert Southey, Francis Baily, Lord William Bentinck, and Václav Tomášek. Among people deceased in 1856, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall ranks 21. Before him are Wilhelm von Biela, Théodore Chassériau, Manuela Sáenz, 11th Dalai Lama, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and David d'Angers. After him are Farkas Bolyai, Princess Elisabeth of Savoy, Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Julie Guicciardi, and Augustin Thierry.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall ranks 403 out of 1,424. Before him are Wirich Philipp von Daun (1669), Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg (1902), Hermine Braunsteiner (1919), Mizzi Kaspar (1864), Hieronymus von Colloredo (1732), and Marlen Haushofer (1920). After him are Archduchess Mathilda of Austria (1849), Archduchess Louise of Austria (1870), Robert Stolz (1880), André Gorz (1923), Franz Josef Popp (1886), and Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall ranks 31. Before him are Joseph Mohr (1792), Christine Nöstlinger (1936), Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797), Hermann Bahr (1863), Vicki Baum (1888), and Marlen Haushofer (1920). After him are Gitta Sereny (1921), Johann Nestroy (1801), Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874), Eva Schloss (1929), Ilse Aichinger (1921), and Alfréd Wetzler (1918).

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