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Matthias Claudius

1740 - 1815

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Matthias Claudius (15 August 1740 – 21 January 1815) was a German poet and journalist, otherwise known by the pen name of "Asmus". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matthias Claudius is the 2,583rd most popular writer (up from 2,630th in 2019), the 2,764th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,786th in 2019) and the 166th most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Matthias Claudius ranks 2,583 out of 7,302. Before him are Theodore Abu Qurrah, Joseph Görres, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, John the Lydian, Stanisław Konarski, and Heinrich von Veldeke. After him are Wayne Dyer, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, Khurshidbanu Natavan, Louis Couperus, Jean Raspail, and Guan Daosheng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1740, Matthias Claudius ranks 22. Before him are Johann Jacob Schweppe, Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar, Anders Johan Lexell, James Boswell, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, and Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau. After him are Juan Ignacio Molina, Johan Tobias Sergel, Johan Andreas Murray, J. F. Oberlin, Ivan Lepyokhin, and Samuel Arnold. Among people deceased in 1815, Matthias Claudius ranks 21. Before him are Charles Lee, John Carroll, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Richard Bassett, Ahmad al-Tijani, and James Gillray. After him are Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Torii Kiyonaga, Solomon II of Imereti, John Singleton Copley, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, and Carl Johan Adlercreutz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Matthias Claudius ranks 2,765 out of 7,253. Before him are Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich (960), Michael Kiske (1968), Hermann von Fehling (1812), Marcel Ophüls (1927), Lothar Emmerich (1941), and Johanna Budwig (1908). After him are Otto Baum (1911), Johann Christian Reil (1759), Jawed Karim (1979), Axel Rudi Pell (1960), Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1519), and Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (1602).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Matthias Claudius ranks 166. Before him are Rolf Hochhuth (1931), C. W. Ceram (1915), Ernst von Salomon (1902), Picander (1700), Charlotte Buff (1753), and Joseph Görres (1776). After him are Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739), Cornelia Funke (1958), Friedrich Spee (1591), Martin Walser (1927), Udo Lindenberg (1946), and Malwida von Meysenbug (1816).

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