WRITER

Theodor Storm

1817 - 1888

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Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (German pronunciation: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈʃtɔʁm] ; 14 September 1817 – 4 July 1888), commonly known as Theodor Storm, was a German-Frisian writer and poet. He is considered to be one of the most important figures of German realism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Storm is the 1,279th most popular writer (down from 1,207th in 2019), the 1,322nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,208th in 2019) and the 81st most popular German Writer.

Theodor Storm is most famous for his short story "The Old House" and his novel "The Rider on the White Horse."

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Among writers, Theodor Storm ranks 1,279 out of 7,302. Before him are Saint Gall, Nathalie Sarraute, Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Ephraim Kishon, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and Ivan Gundulić. After him are Hugo Gernsback, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Ellen Key, Elizabeth Gaskell, Georges Rodenbach, and Giovanni Papini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Theodor Storm ranks 17. Before him are Carl Nägeli, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Niels Gade, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, and Princess Clémentine of Orléans. After him are Hermann Lotze, Pierre Larousse, Austen Henry Layard, Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, and Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville. Among people deceased in 1888, Theodor Storm ranks 17. Before him are François Achille Bazaine, Anton Mauve, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Paul Langerhans, Johannes Zukertort, and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. After him are Ascanio Sobrero, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Auguste Maquet, Ali Rıza Efendi, Jean-Marie Guyau, and Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Storm ranks 1,322 out of 7,253. Before him are Anton Praetorius (1560), Otto Kumm (1909), Heinrich Füger (1751), Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698), Sophia Eleonore of Saxony (1609), and Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1577). After him are Theobald Boehm (1794), Barbara Blomberg (1527), Gert Fröbe (1913), Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810), Hermann Lotze (1817), and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Theodor Storm ranks 81. Before him are Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777), Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), Siegfried Kracauer (1889), Gottfried Benn (1886), and Anton Praetorius (1560). After him are Kurt Tucholsky (1890), Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736), Wilhelm Müller (1794), Widukind of Corvey (925), Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752), and Else Lasker-Schüler (1869).

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