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Paul Rudolf von Bilguer

1815 - 1840

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Paul Rudolf (or Rudolph) von Bilguer (21 September 1815 – 16 September 1840) was a German chess master and chess theoretician from Ludwigslust in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Bilguer, who was a lieutenant in the Prussian army, was sent to Berlin on a course, where he met the six gifted German players with whom he formed a group that became known as the 'Berlin Pleiades'. He resigned his commission and devoted his time to chess. He was considered to be the most brilliant of the 'Pleiades' and was a good blindfold player. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Rudolf von Bilguer is the 15,129th most popular politician (down from 14,168th in 2019), the 4,795th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,482nd in 2019) and the 1,201st most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer ranks 15,129 out of 19,576. Before him are Dimitar Petkov, Princess Marie of Hanover, Oliver Ellsworth, Harry Reid, Margarete Adler, and Bernard Binlin Dadié. After him are Aspelta, José María Carreño, Emily de Jongh-Elhage, Quintus Marcius Rex, Cecília Meireles, and Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer ranks 76. Before him are Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, Robert Franz, Halfdan Kjerulf, Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Athanasios Miaoulis, and Edward John Eyre. After him are Warren De la Rue, Daniel Bashiel Warner, Otto von Böhtlingk, Giovanni Caselli, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, and Edward James Roye. Among people deceased in 1840, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer ranks 43. Before him are José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Anthony Carlisle, Johann Michael Vogl, Sidney Smith, John Adair, and John Abbot. After him are Karl Leberecht Immermann, James Prinsep, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, and Felix Grundy.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer ranks 4,798 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich Ewald (1803), Hanns Braun (1886), Johann Gottfried Seume (1763), Ulrich Matthes (1959), Marianne Hoppe (1909), and Princess Marie of Hanover (1849). After him are Johann August Ephraim Goeze (1731), Siegmar Wätzlich (1947), Wendelin Werner (1968), Gabriele Reinsch (1963), Klaus von Dohnanyi (1928), and Ralph Kronig (1904).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer ranks 1,201. Before him are Jürgen Möllemann (1945), Claudia Roth (1955), Georg Friedrich von Martens (1756), Christian Lindner (1979), Helene Lange (1848), and Princess Marie of Hanover (1849). After him are Klaus von Dohnanyi (1928), Ulrich Wehling (1952), Julius Curtius (1877), Paul Matschie (1861), Paul Warburg (1868), and Walter Behrendt (1914).

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