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Reinhard Scheer

1863 - 1928

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Carl Friedrich Heinrich Reinhard Scheer (30 September 1863 – 26 November 1928) was an Admiral in the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). Scheer joined the navy in 1879 as an officer cadet and progressed through the ranks, commanding cruisers and battleships, as well as senior staff positions on land. At the outbreak of World War I, Scheer was the commander of the II Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet. He then took command of the III Battle Squadron, which consisted of the newest and most powerful battleships in the navy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Reinhard Scheer is the 421st most popular military personnel (down from 410th in 2019), the 1,050th most popular biography from Germany (down from 984th in 2019) and the 80th most popular German Military Personnel.

Reinhard Scheer was a German naval officer who served as the chief of the admiralty staff of the German Imperial Navy during World War I. He was most famous for his role in the Battle of Jutland, where he advocated for a fleet engagement with the British Royal Navy.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Reinhard Scheer ranks 421 out of 2,058. Before him are Günther Lütjens, Günther Prien, Sanada Yukimura, Thomas the Slav, Huang Zhong, and Muqali. After him are Gaius Claudius Glaber, Henri Guisan, Erasmo of Narni, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, La Hire, and Bahram Chobin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Reinhard Scheer ranks 33. Before him are Reginald Innes Pocock, George Santayana, Leo Baekeland, Essad Pasha Toptani, Heinrich Rickert, and Paul Painlevé. After him are Leopold Berchtold, Annie Jump Cannon, Felix Weingartner, William Randolph Hearst, Hugo Münsterberg, and John Charles Fields. Among people deceased in 1928, Reinhard Scheer ranks 23. Before him are Stjepan Radić, Italo Svevo, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Zhang Zuolin, Álvaro Obregón, and H. H. Asquith. After him are Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Li Yuanhong, Giovanni Giolitti, Loie Fuller, Armando Diaz, and Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Reinhard Scheer ranks 1,050 out of 7,253. Before him are Julius Wellhausen (1844), Friedrich Kuhlau (1786), Klaus Nomi (1944), Bruno of Querfurt (970), Albert of Riga (1165), and Gotthard Kettler (1517). After him are Joseph Berchtold (1897), August von Kotzebue (1761), Marianne Bachmeier (1950), Charles De Coster (1827), Bert Trautmann (1923), and Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Reinhard Scheer ranks 80. Before him are Erich Priebke (1913), Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755), Hans-Valentin Hube (1890), Erich Kempka (1910), Günther Lütjens (1889), and Günther Prien (1908). After him are Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886), August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760), Karl Mack von Leiberich (1752), Günther Rall (1918), Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887), and Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887).

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