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Wilhelm Geiger

1856 - 1943

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Wilhelm Ludwig Geiger (; German: [ˈɡaɪɡɐ]; 21 July 1856 – 2 September 1943) was a German Orientalist in the fields of Indo-Iranian languages and the history of Iran and Sri Lanka. He was known as a specialist in Pali, Sinhala language and the Dhivehi language of the Maldives. He is especially known for his work on the Sri Lankan chronicles Mahāvaṃsa and Cūlavaṃsa and made critical editions of the Pali text and English translations with the help of assistant translators. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Geiger is the 5,173rd most popular writer (down from 4,542nd in 2019), the 4,844th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,374th in 2019) and the 308th most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Wilhelm Geiger ranks 5,173 out of 7,302. Before him are György Faludy, Rick Warren, Kjell Westö, Bob Shaw, Louis L'Amour, and Mats Wahl. After him are Albert Londres, Valerian Pidmohylny, Barbara Ehrenreich, Willem Bilderdijk, Tomás António Gonzaga, and Miho Mosulishvili.

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Among people born in 1856, Wilhelm Geiger ranks 111. Before him are Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar, Jens Christian Christensen, Friedrich Kluge, James Buchanan Duke, Paul Henri Lecomte, and Anton Aškerc. After him are Leon Benois, Yuly Shokalsky, Edward Bagnall Poulton, Kenyon Cox, Vernon Lee, and Orville Gibson. Among people deceased in 1943, Wilhelm Geiger ranks 192. Before him are Georg Gehring, W. W. Jacobs, Charles Tate Regan, Akilles Järvinen, Gisela Januszewska, and Alice Tegnér. After him are Oswald Teichmüller, Robert W. Paul, Edward Bagnall Poulton, Betty Nansen, Rupert Julian, and Oskar Messter.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Geiger ranks 4,847 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Mauch (1837), Paul Warburg (1868), Ilona Slupianek (1956), Henning von Holtzendorff (1853), Gerhard Lamprecht (1897), and Lya Lys (1908). After him are Carl H. Eigenmann (1863), Jakob van Hoddis (1887), Oswald Teichmüller (1913), Hermann Oldenberg (1854), Wolfgang Blochwitz (1941), and Walter Behrendt (1914).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Wilhelm Geiger ranks 308. Before him are Walter Kempowski (1929), Hermann Kant (1926), Johann Gottfried Seume (1763), Sarah Kirsch (1935), Wolf Erlbruch (1948), and Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (1948). After him are Jakob van Hoddis (1887), Peter Scholl-Latour (1924), Jenny Erpenbeck (1967), Friedrich von Hagedorn (1708), Heinrich Christian Boie (1744), and Ludwig Thoma (1867).

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