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Ludwig von Pastor

1854 - 1928

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Ludwig Pastor, ennobled as Ludwig von Pastor, Freiherr von Campersfelden (31 January 1854 – 30 September 1928), was a German historian and diplomat for Austria. He became one of the most important Catholic historians of his time and is most notable for his History of the Popes. He was raised to the nobility by the Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1908 and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature six times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig von Pastor is the 319th most popular historian (down from 288th in 2019), the 3,765th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,519th in 2019) and the 37th most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ludwig von Pastor ranks 319 out of 561. Before him are Marsyas of Pella, Jacob Theodor Klein, ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Christopher Hill, and Malchus. After him are Walter Burkert, Ziya Bunyadov, Max Jakob Friedländer, Ibn 'Idhari, Georg Gottfried Gervinus, and Edwin O. Reischauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Ludwig von Pastor ranks 77. Before him are Heinrich Kreutz, Cornelis Lely, Hermann von Stein, Petros Protopapadakis, Ruth Belville, and Alexandru Macedonski. After him are Giovanni Battista Grassi, Franz Rohr von Denta, Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, Alexandru Marghiloman, Nikolai Ruzsky, and Marcel Brillouin. Among people deceased in 1928, Ludwig von Pastor ranks 73. Before him are Wilhelm Fliess, Larry Semon, Alexander Trepov, Émile Fayolle, Arthur Moritz Schoenflies, and Moritz von Auffenberg. After him are Karin Bergöö Larsson, Ellen Terry, Luigi Bianchi, Eilif Peterssen, Richard F. Outcault, and Theodor Curtius.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig von Pastor ranks 3,767 out of 7,253. Before him are Curt Haase (1881), Fritz Buchloh (1909), Hildegard Behrens (1937), Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1706), Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz (1884), and Herbert Selpin (1904). After him are Fahriye Evcen (1986), Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757), Rolf Wolfshohl (1938), Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810), Maximilian von Edelsheim (1897), and Harry Rosenbusch (1836).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Ludwig von Pastor ranks 37. Before him are Hermann Conring (1606), Gustav Hugo (1764), Gerhard Friedrich Müller (1705), Abraham Geiger (1810), Wilhelm von Bode (1845), and Ubbo Emmius (1547). After him are Walter Burkert (1931), Max Jakob Friedländer (1867), Georg Gottfried Gervinus (1805), Johann Gottfried Eichhorn (1752), Arno Peters (1916), and Kurt Aland (1915).

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