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Anton Praetorius

1560 - 1613

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Anton Praetorius (1560 – 6 December 1613) was a German Calvinist pastor who spoke out against the persecution of witches (witchhunts, witchcraft trials) and against torture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anton Praetorius has received more than 38,478 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Praetorius is the 2,072nd most popular writer (down from 1,553rd in 2019), the 2,196th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,647th in 2019) and the 136th most popular German Writer.

Anton Praetorius is most famous for his work in the field of optics. He was a German scientist and mathematician who contributed to the understanding of the ways in which light travels.

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  • 38k

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  • 55.95

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anton Praetorius ranks 2,072 out of 7,302. Before him are Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Vladimír Clementis, Nihal Atsız, Rahel Varnhagen, Julius Firmicus Maternus, and Ludwig Uhland. After him are Afanasy Fet, Isaac Titsingh, Ibn Taghribirdi, Yasmina Reza, Barbara von Krüdener, and Sigismund von Herberstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1560, Anton Praetorius ranks 11. Before him are Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Gaspard Bauhin, Thomas Cavendish, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, and Juan Sánchez Cotán. After him are Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Marco Antonio de Dominis, William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Jan Gruter, and Domenico Tintoretto. Among people deceased in 1613, Anton Praetorius ranks 6. Before him are Carlo Gesualdo, Sigismund Báthory, Mateo Alemán, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Ivan Susanin. After him are Cigoli, Gabriel Báthory, Salima Sultan Begum, Giovanni Artusi, Johann Bauhin, and Hypatius Pociej.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Anton Praetorius ranks 2,196 out of 7,253. Before him are Alexander Lippisch (1894), Rahel Varnhagen (1771), Johann Friedrich Pfaff (1765), Bertha of Sulzbach (1110), Helmut Walcha (1907), and Ludwig Uhland (1787). After him are Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1337), Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1284), Wilhelm Peters (1815), Berthold, Margrave of Baden (1906), Albert Forster (1902), and Heinrich Aldegrever (1502).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Anton Praetorius ranks 136. Before him are Rudolf Rocker (1873), Carl Zuckmayer (1896), Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773), Joachim Neander (1650), Rahel Varnhagen (1771), and Ludwig Uhland (1787). After him are C. W. Ceram (1915), Fred Uhlman (1901), Judith Kerr (1923), Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918), Ernst von Salomon (1902), and Erich Mühsam (1878).

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