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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 36,304 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Praetorius is the 1,556th most popular writer (down from 1,153rd in 2019), the 1,647th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,095th in 2019) and the 105th 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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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.78

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  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anton Praetorius ranks 1,556 out of 5,755Before him are Madame d'Aulnoy, Symeon the New Theologian, Charles Paul de Kock, Ko Un, Fran Krsto Frankopan, and Sabino Arana. After him are Marcel Aymé, Yaşar Kemal, Lewis Mumford, Nicolas-Edme Rétif, Liu Zongyuan, and Elizabeth Bishop.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1560, Anton Praetorius ranks 10Before him are Jacobus Arminius, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Gaspard Bauhin, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, and Thomas Cavendish. After him are Juan Sánchez Cotán, Domenico Tintoretto, Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Marco Antonio de Dominis, William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, and Lodovico Grossi da Viadana. Among people deceased in 1613, Anton Praetorius ranks 3Before him are Carlo Gesualdo and Sigismund Báthory. After him are Mateo Alemán, Gabriel Báthory, Ivan Susanin, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Johann Bauhin, Cigoli, Giovanni Artusi, Hypatius Pociej, and Mathurin Régnier.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Anton Praetorius ranks 1,647 out of 6,142Before him are Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland (1733), Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich (1858), Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1667), Princess Louise Amelie of Baden (1811), Johann Christoph Bach (1671), and Christiane F. (1962). After him are William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487), Hartmut Michel (1948), Johann Bernhard Basedow (1723), Walter Simons (1861), Udo Dirkschneider (1952), and August Kundt (1839).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Anton Praetorius ranks 105Before him are Christian Morgenstern (1871), Salvian (405), Wilhelm Weitling (1808), Gottfried August Bürger (1747), Gustav Landauer (1870), and Eduard Mörike (1804). After him are Else Lasker-Schüler (1869), Marianne Weber (1870), Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918), Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752), Wolfgang Borchert (1921), and Jordan of Saxony (1190).