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Wilhelm von Bode

1845 - 1929

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Wilhelm von Bode (10 December 1845 – 1 March 1929) was a German art historian and museum curator. Born Arnold Wilhelm Bode in Calvörde, and known as Wilhelm Bode for most of his career, he was ennobled in 1913, and thereafter adopted the aristocratic "von". He was the creator and first curator of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, now called the Bode Museum in his honor, in 1904. He wrote a number of books, many large and authoritative studies of the art of the Italian Renaissance and the Dutch and Flemish Baroque, but also other subjects. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm von Bode is the 290th most popular historian (up from 302nd in 2019), the 3,515th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,656th in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Wilhelm von Bode ranks 290 out of 561. Before him are Georges Lefebvre, George Buchanan, Gustave Schlumberger, Abraham Geiger, Marino Sanuto the Younger, and Stéphane Courtois. After him are Yahya of Antioch, Juan de Mariana, Marin Drinov, Quentin Skinner, Agnes Arber, and Lyubomir Miletich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Wilhelm von Bode ranks 65. Before him are Àngel Guimerà, Henri Brocard, Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, Ivan Puluj, Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, and Gustaf Cederström. After him are Ulisse Dini, Paul Deussen, Quanah Parker, Nina Grieg, Pál Szinyei Merse, and John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll. Among people deceased in 1929, Wilhelm von Bode ranks 83. Before him are Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva, P. J. Kennedy, Ernest Monis, Segundo de Chomón, Emilie Snethlage, and Gustave Schlumberger. After him are Cornelis Lely, Lilli Lehmann, Gunnar Heiberg, Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, Pierre Fatou, and Ernest Mason Satow.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm von Bode ranks 3,517 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (1715), Franz Nissl (1860), Klaus Toppmöller (1951), Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1846), Alwin Berger (1871), and Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1619). After him are Hans Jordan (1892), Eugen Langen (1833), Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724), Rainer Woelki (1956), Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg (1537), and Rüdiger Safranski (1945).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Wilhelm von Bode ranks 35. Before him are Fritz Fischer (1908), Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim (1701), Hermann Conring (1606), Gustav Hugo (1764), Gerhard Friedrich Müller (1705), and Abraham Geiger (1810). After him are Ubbo Emmius (1547), Ludwig von Pastor (1854), Walter Burkert (1931), Max Jakob Friedländer (1867), Georg Gottfried Gervinus (1805), and Johann Gottfried Eichhorn (1752).

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