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Rudolf Erich Raspe

1736 - 1794

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Rudolf Erich Raspe (March 1736 – 16 November 1794) was a German librarian, writer, and scientist, called by his biographer John Patrick Carswell a "rogue". He is best known for his collection of tall tales The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, also known as Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia, originally a satirical work with political aims. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Erich Raspe is the 1,303rd most popular writer (up from 1,355th in 2019), the 1,349th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,396th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular German Writer.

Rudolf Erich Raspe is most famous for his book Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia.

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Among writers, Rudolf Erich Raspe ranks 1,303 out of 7,302. Before him are Yeghishe Charents, Odoric of Pordenone, Peter Altenberg, Carson McCullers, Reinaldo Arenas, and Andrei Platonov. After him are Maurice Barrès, Georges Feydeau, Wilhelm Müller, Constantijn Huygens, James Ellroy, and Arthur Hailey.

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Among people born in 1736, Rudolf Erich Raspe ranks 10. Before him are Jean Sylvain Bailly, Rama I, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, James Macpherson, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, and Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt. After him are Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Anton Graff, Edward Waring, and Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh. Among people deceased in 1794, Rudolf Erich Raspe ranks 21. Before him are Jacques Hébert, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Nicolas Chamfort, Gregory Skovoroda, Augustin Robespierre, and Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach. After him are Sheikh Mansur, Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Gottfried August Bürger, James Lind, and Henri de la Rochejaquelein.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Erich Raspe ranks 1,349 out of 7,253. Before him are Til Schweiger (1963), Viktor Lutze (1890), Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757), Johannes Althusius (1563), Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1854), and Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876). After him are Friedrich August Wolf (1759), Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1704), Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (1447), Wilhelm Müller (1794), Adolf Heusinger (1897), and Heidi Klum (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Rudolf Erich Raspe ranks 83. Before him are Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), Siegfried Kracauer (1889), Gottfried Benn (1886), Anton Praetorius (1560), Theodor Storm (1817), and Kurt Tucholsky (1890). After him are Wilhelm Müller (1794), Widukind of Corvey (925), Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752), Else Lasker-Schüler (1869), Arnold van Gennep (1873), and Jakob Wassermann (1873).

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