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Picander

1700 - 1764

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Christian Friedrich Henrici (January 14, 1700 – May 10, 1764), writing under the pen name Picander, was a German poet and librettist for many works by Johann Sebastian Bach, notably the St Matthew Passion of 1727. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Picander is the 2,570th most popular writer (up from 2,995th in 2019), the 2,746th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,127th in 2019) and the 163rd most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Picander ranks 2,570 out of 7,302. Before him are Okakura Kakuzō, Karin Fossum, David Crystal, Camilo Castelo Branco, Fyodor Sologub, and Margit Sandemo. After him are Vasile Alecsandri, Charlotte Buff, Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Walter Bagehot, Luo Yixiu, and William Peter Blatty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1700, Picander ranks 21. Before him are Luigi Vanvitelli, Gerard van Swieten, Joannicius III of Constantinople, Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, and Charles-Joseph Natoire. After him are Stanisław Konarski, Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Michel Blavet, John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Ashraf Hotak, and Sabah I bin Jaber. Among people deceased in 1764, Picander ranks 14. Before him are Johann Mattheson, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Erik Pontoppidan, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Francesco Algarotti, and Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro. After him are Semyon Chelyuskin, Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Nathaniel Bliss, and Hans Adolph Brorson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Picander ranks 2,747 out of 7,253. Before him are Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1753), Max Slevogt (1868), Erich Hückel (1896), Doro (1964), Andrzej Seweryn (1946), and Blasius Merrem (1761). After him are Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1711), Hermann Muthesius (1861), Hans Albers (1891), Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen (1532), Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1906), and Paul Levi (1883).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Picander ranks 163. Before him are August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796), Wilhelm Worringer (1881), Caesarius of Heisterbach (1180), Rolf Hochhuth (1931), C. W. Ceram (1915), and Ernst von Salomon (1902). After him are Charlotte Buff (1753), Joseph Görres (1776), Matthias Claudius (1740), Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739), Cornelia Funke (1958), and Friedrich Spee (1591).

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