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Peter Andreas Heiberg

1758 - 1841

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Peter Andreas Heiberg (16 November 1758 – 30 April 1841) was a Danish-Norwegian author and philologist. He was born in Vordingborg, Denmark-Norway. The Heiberg ancestry can be traced back to Norway, and has produced a long line of priests, headmasters and other learned men. His father was the Norwegian-born headteacher of the grammar school in Vordingborg, Ludvig Heiberg, whilst his mother was Inger Margrethe, daughter of the vicar at the manor of Vemmetofte Peder Heiberg, a relative of Ludvig Heiberg, and Inger Hørning, who came from a family of wealthy Danish merchants. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Andreas Heiberg is the 3,658th most popular writer (up from 3,777th in 2019), the 364th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 371st in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Danish Writer.

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Among writers, Peter Andreas Heiberg ranks 3,658 out of 7,302. Before him are William Robertson Smith, Movses Kaghankatvatsi, Nonius Marcellus, Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko, Marie-Joseph Chénier, and Carmen Laforet. After him are Katherine Anne Porter, Etgar Keret, Julius Obsequens, Jean Rotrou, Alaa Al Aswany, and Alexandru Macedonski.

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Among people born in 1758, Peter Andreas Heiberg ranks 30. Before him are Agustín de Betancourt, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, Jean Joseph Mounier, and Valentin Vodnik. After him are Sin Yun-bok, George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, John Hoppner, Thomas Picton, Fisher Ames, and Joshua Booth. Among people deceased in 1841, Peter Andreas Heiberg ranks 32. Before him are Felice Pasquale Baciocchi, Princess Augusta of Prussia, Franz Xaver von Baader, Agustín Gamarra, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, and Bernhard Romberg. After him are Alessandro Rolla, Louis de Freycinet, Ignaz von Seyfried, Luis Eduardo Pérez, Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg, and Georg Anton Friedrich Ast.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Peter Andreas Heiberg ranks 364 out of 1,032. Before him are Harald Klak (null), Martha of Denmark (1277), Vilhelm Buhl (1881), Johan Kjeldahl (1849), Georg Jensen (1866), and Christina of Denmark, Queen of Sweden (1120). After him are Margrethe Vestager (1968), Kristian Zahrtmann (1843), Christian August Lorentzen (1749), Kim Vilfort (1962), Else Alfelt (1910), and Pilou Asbæk (1982).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Peter Andreas Heiberg ranks 32. Before him are Cecil Bødker (1927), Holger Drachmann (1846), Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872), Jens Baggesen (1764), Karin Michaëlis (1872), and Torben Ulrich (1928). After him are Ari Behn (1972), Klaus Rifbjerg (1931), Johannes Jørgensen (1866), Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789), Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791), and Thorkild Hansen (1927).

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