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Kurd Lasswitz

1848 - 1910

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Kurd Lasswitz (German: Kurd Laßwitz; 20 April 1848 – 17 October 1910) was a German author, scientist, and philosopher. He has been called "the father of German science fiction". He sometimes used the pseudonym Velatus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurd Lasswitz is the 3,481st most popular writer (up from 3,626th in 2019), the 753rd most popular biography from Poland (up from 776th in 2019) and the 81st most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kurd Lasswitz ranks 3,481 out of 7,302. Before him are Manès Sperber, Oles Honchar, Jean-Louis de Rambures, Valentin Vodnik, Zulfiya, and Daniël Heinsius. After him are Isaac de Benserade, Erri De Luca, Gunnar Heiberg, Yervant Odian, René Barjavel, and Jędrzej Śniadecki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Kurd Lasswitz ranks 73. Before him are Adolf Albin, Heinrich Hübschmann, Lilla Cabot Perry, Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, Robert Planquette, and Lilli Lehmann. After him are Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Pavle Jurišić Šturm, Belle Starr, Hubert Parry, Gustav Fischer, and Otto von Emmich. Among people deceased in 1910, Kurd Lasswitz ranks 65. Before him are Paolo Mantegazza, William Graham Sumner, Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Jorge Chávez, Édouard Colonne, and George Turner. After him are Bertalan Székely, Kálmán Mikszáth, Michele Rua, Vera Komissarzhevskaya, Pedro Montt, and Constantin Fahlberg.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Kurd Lasswitz ranks 753 out of 1,694. Before him are Hugo von Seeliger (1849), Alina Szapocznikow (1926), Kazimierz Bein (1872), Jankel Adler (1895), Hermann Rauschning (1887), and Andrzej Munk (1921). After him are Dorothea of Montau (1347), Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768), Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561), Carl Schuricht (1880), Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1769), and Anna Langfus (1920).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Kurd Lasswitz ranks 81. Before him are Bernhard Grzimek (1909), Salomėja Nėris (1904), Uwe Johnson (1934), Nathan Alterman (1910), Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715), and Hermann Rauschning (1887). After him are Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768), Anna Langfus (1920), Simonas Daukantas (1793), Johann Christian Günther (1695), Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889), and Marcin Kromer (1512).

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