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Paul Gerhardt

1607 - 1676

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Paulus or Paul Gerhardt (12 March 1607 – 27 May 1676) was a German theologian, Lutheran minister and hymnodist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Gerhardt is the 1,913th most popular writer (down from 1,845th in 2019), the 2,101st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,967th in 2019) and the 121st most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Paul Gerhardt ranks 1,913 out of 7,302. Before him are Archestratus, Victoria Ocampo, Salvian, Jonas Mekas, Jean Starobinski, and Magnús Scheving. After him are Bella Akhmadulina, John Barth, Zygmunt Krasiński, Petar Kočić, A. S. Byatt, and Naftali Herz Imber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1607, Paul Gerhardt ranks 9. Before him are Anna Maria van Schurman, Madeleine de Scudéry, Jan Lievens, Infante Carlos of Spain, Wenceslaus Hollar, and Erasmus Quellinus the Younger. After him are Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Antoine Gombaud, Akile Hatun, Zhu Yousong, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, and Antonio Barberini. Among people deceased in 1676, Paul Gerhardt ranks 15. Before him are Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Madame de Brinvilliers, Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg, and Francis I Rákóczi. After him are Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, Abraham Bosse, Jean Desmarets, Saib Tabrizi, Nicolò Sagredo, and Gisbertus Voetius.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Gerhardt ranks 2,102 out of 7,253. Before him are Harro Schulze-Boysen (1909), Hans Richter (1888), Salvian (405), Georg Lindemann (1884), Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662), and Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony (1730). After him are Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1630), Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau (1833), Karl Gegenbaur (1826), Walter Brandmüller (1929), Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752), and Gerhard Schmidhuber (1894).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Paul Gerhardt ranks 121. Before him are Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797), Hans F. K. Günther (1891), Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871), Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773), Margarete Buber-Neumann (1901), and Salvian (405). After him are Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752), Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856), Ludwig Uhland (1787), Basil Valentine (1394), Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633), and Mina Witkojc (1893).

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