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Wilferd Madelung

1930 - 2023

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Wilferd Ferdinand Madelung FBA (26 December 1930 – 9 May 2023) was a German author and scholar of Islamic history widely recognised for his contributions to the fields of Islamic and Iranian studies. He was appreciated in Iran for his "knowledgeable and fair" treatment of the Shia perspective. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilferd Madelung is the 3,957th most popular writer (up from 3,985th in 2019), the 3,985th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,984th in 2019) and the 241st most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wilferd Madelung ranks 3,957 out of 7,302. Before him are Gʻafur Gʻulom, Labīd, Molla Panah Vagif, Jorge Isaacs, Ivo Vojnović, and Alejandro Casona. After him are Ma Duanlin, Zofia Nałkowska, Safvet-beg Bašagić, Ramiro de Maeztu, Dževad Karahasan, and Elizabeth Strout.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Wilferd Madelung ranks 337. Before him are Frank Carlucci, Olavi Mannonen, Bradford Dillman, Vlatko Pavletić, Patricia Jones, and Richard Anuszkiewicz. After him are Julio Abbadie, Richard C. Sarafian, Henri Coppens, Adam Darius, Edna O'Brien, and Dawn Addams. Among people deceased in 2023, Wilferd Madelung ranks 274. Before him are Raoul Servais, Angel Wagenstein, John Zizioulas, Christian Atsu, Terry Venables, and M. S. Swaminathan. After him are Dževad Karahasan, Guy Marchand, Dianne Feinstein, Ignacio López Tarso, Paul Reubens, and Carlo Mazzone.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilferd Madelung ranks 3,987 out of 7,253. Before him are Walter Momper (1945), Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1674), Stefan Reuter (1966), Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (1887), Heinrich Zille (1858), and Wolfgang Staudte (1906). After him are Eva Justin (1909), Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1786), Carl Peters (1856), Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg (1653), Ignaz von Rudhart (1790), and Leopold Andrian (1875).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Wilferd Madelung ranks 241. Before him are Bruno Apitz (1900), Leopold Zunz (1794), Mato Kósyk (1853), Friedrich von Bodenstedt (1819), Karoline von Günderrode (1780), and Johann Beckmann (1739). After him are Leopold Andrian (1875), Otto Ludwig (1813), Hans Carossa (1878), Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807), Herbert Achternbusch (1938), and Emmy Hennings (1885).

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