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Wilhelm Weitling

1808 - 1871

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Wilhelm Christian Weitling (German: [ˈvaɪ̯tlɪŋ]; October 5, 1808 – January 25, 1871) was a German tailor, inventor, radical political activist and one of the first theorists of communism. Weitling gained fame in Europe as a social theorist before he immigrated to the United States. In addition to his extensive political writing, Weitling was a successful inventor of attachments for commercial sewing machines, including devices for double-stitching and the creation of button holes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Weitling is the 1,395th most popular writer (down from 1,221st in 2019), the 1,474th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,222nd in 2019) and the 92nd most popular German Writer.

Wilhelm Weitling is most famous for his publication of the Manifesto of the Communist Party in 1847.

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Among writers, Wilhelm Weitling ranks 1,395 out of 7,302. Before him are Clive Cussler, Béla Balázs, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Adamantios Korais, Wace, and Semonides of Amorgos. After him are P. D. James, E. L. James, Mavro Orbini, Bulat Okudzhava, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, and Elsa Triolet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, Wilhelm Weitling ranks 21. Before him are Carl Spitzweg, Mohammad Shah Qajar, Thomas Cook, George Robert Gray, Princess Louise of Prussia, and Nimatullah Kassab. After him are José de Espronceda, Henrik Wergeland, Solomon Northup, Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark, and Mindon Min. Among people deceased in 1871, Wilhelm Weitling ranks 17. Before him are Anna Atkins, Sigismond Thalberg, Robert Anderson, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, and Alexander Afanasyev. After him are Jarosław Dąbrowski, Anselme Payen, Charles Paul de Kock, Carl Tausig, Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, and Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Weitling ranks 1,474 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Knappertsbusch (1888), Adolph Wagner (1835), Uli Stielike (1954), Johann Eck (1486), Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845), and Ludwig Büchner (1824). After him are Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751), William I, Elector of Hesse (1743), Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1826), Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1724), Sepp Piontek (1940), and Julius Schaub (1898).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Wilhelm Weitling ranks 92. Before him are Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752), Else Lasker-Schüler (1869), Arnold van Gennep (1873), Jakob Wassermann (1873), Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825), and Georg Kaiser (1878). After him are Hartmann Schedel (1440), Joachim Fest (1926), Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887), Albert of Aix (1060), Paul Rée (1849), and Gustav Landauer (1870).

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