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Wilhelm Müller

1794 - 1827

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Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Müller (7 October 1794 – 30 September 1827) was a German lyric poet, best known as the author of Die schöne Müllerin (1821) and Winterreise (1823). These would later be the source of inspiration for two song cycles composed by Franz Schubert. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Müller is the 1,306th most popular writer (up from 1,436th in 2019), the 1,353rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,508th in 2019) and the 84th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wilhelm Müller ranks 1,306 out of 7,302. Before him are Carson McCullers, Reinaldo Arenas, Andrei Platonov, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Maurice Barrès, and Georges Feydeau. After him are Constantijn Huygens, James Ellroy, Arthur Hailey, Quintus Fabius Pictor, Hieronymus of Cardia, and Ruy González de Clavijo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Wilhelm Müller ranks 8. Before him are René Lesson, Elias Magnus Fries, Matthew C. Perry, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz, and Theobald Boehm. After him are Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Józef Bem, Ignaz Moscheles, William Whewell, Léon Cogniet, and Johann Heinrich von Mädler. Among people deceased in 1827, Wilhelm Müller ranks 12. Before him are Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, Maria Theresa of Austria, Wilhelm Hauff, Ugo Foscolo, and Samuel Crompton. After him are George Canning, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Morten Thrane Brünnich, Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt, Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg, and Michel-Gabriel Paccard.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Müller ranks 1,353 out of 7,253. Before him are Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1854), Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876), Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1704), and Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (1447). After him are Adolf Heusinger (1897), Heidi Klum (1973), Princess Auguste of Bavaria (1877), Hans von Ohain (1911), Franciscus Sylvius (1614), and Sepp Herberger (1897).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Wilhelm Müller ranks 84. Before him are Siegfried Kracauer (1889), Gottfried Benn (1886), Anton Praetorius (1560), Theodor Storm (1817), Kurt Tucholsky (1890), and Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736). After him are Widukind of Corvey (925), Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752), Else Lasker-Schüler (1869), Arnold van Gennep (1873), Jakob Wassermann (1873), and Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825).

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