1602 - 1680
Athanasius Kircher (2 May 1602 – 27 November 1680) was a German Jesuit scholar and polymath who published around 40 major works of comparative religion, geology, and medicine. Kircher has been compared to fellow Jesuit Roger Joseph Boscovich and to Leonardo da Vinci for his vast range of interests, and has been honoured with the title "Master of a Hundred Arts". He taught for more than 40 years at the Roman College, where he set up a wunderkammer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Athanasius Kircher has received more than 767,200 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Athanasius Kircher is the 186th most popular philosopher (down from 169th in 2019), the 294th most popular biography from Germany (down from 251st in 2019) and the 32nd most popular German Philosopher.
Athanasius Kircher is most famous for his work in the fields of mathematics, geology, and Egyptology. He was a polymath who published over forty books.
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Among philosophers, Athanasius Kircher ranks 186 out of 1,081. Before him are Posidonius, Hippasus, Han Fei, Jakob Böhme, Muhammad Abduh, and Sextus Empiricus. After him are Melissus of Samos, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Ernest Renan, Pierre Bayle, John Scotus Eriugena, and Nicolas Malebranche.
135 BC - 51 BC
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 180
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 181
280 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 182
1575 - 1624
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 183
1849 - 1905
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 184
160 - 210
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 185
1602 - 1680
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 186
470 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 187
500 - 510
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 188
1823 - 1892
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 189
1647 - 1706
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 190
810 - 877
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 191
1638 - 1715
HPI: 68.60
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Among people born in 1602, Athanasius Kircher ranks 4. Before him are Cardinal Mazarin, Otto von Guericke, and Elisabeth of France. After him are Francesco Cavalli, Philippe de Champaigne, Gilles de Roberval, Salomon van Ruysdael, Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Per Brahe the Younger, and Zhu Yujian. Among people deceased in 1680, Athanasius Kircher ranks 4. Before him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Shivaji, and François de La Rochefoucauld. After him are Nicolas Fouquet, Jan Swammerdam, Raimondo Montecuccoli, La Voisin, Willem Claesz. Heda, Ivan Sirko, Ferdinand Bol, and Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine.
1602 - 1661
HPI: 76.16
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1602 - 1686
HPI: 71.08
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1602 - 1644
HPI: 69.91
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1602 - 1680
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 4
1602 - 1676
HPI: 64.58
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1602 - 1674
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 6
1602 - 1675
HPI: 58.58
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1602 - 1670
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 8
1602 - 1675
HPI: 58.35
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1602 - 1665
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 10
1602 - 1680
HPI: 56.94
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1602 - 1646
HPI: 56.92
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1598 - 1680
HPI: 79.97
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1627 - 1680
HPI: 74.13
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1613 - 1680
HPI: 71.40
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1602 - 1680
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1615 - 1680
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1637 - 1680
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1609 - 1680
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1640 - 1680
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1594 - 1680
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1610 - 1680
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1616 - 1680
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Rank: 11
1617 - 1680
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Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Athanasius Kircher ranks 294 out of 6,142. Before him are Christian I of Denmark (1426), Einhard (770), Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804), Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887), Gustav Stresemann (1878), and Michael Ende (1929). After him are Alexandra Feodorovna (1798), Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1175), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850), and Ludwig Beck (1880).
1426 - 1481
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770 - 840
HPI: 69.25
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1804 - 1891
HPI: 69.24
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1887 - 1975
HPI: 69.23
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1878 - 1929
HPI: 69.21
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1929 - 1995
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 293
1602 - 1680
HPI: 69.12
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1798 - 1860
HPI: 69.10
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1175 - 1218
HPI: 69.08
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1480 - 1538
HPI: 69.06
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1742 - 1819
HPI: 69.05
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1850 - 1909
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1880 - 1944
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Among philosophers born in Germany, Athanasius Kircher ranks 32. Before him are Adam Weishaupt (1748), Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), Max Stirner (1806), Carl Schmitt (1888), Max Scheler (1874), and Max Horkheimer (1895). After him are Rudolf Carnap (1891), Moses Mendelssohn (1729), Franz Brentano (1838), Hugh of Saint Victor (1096), Ernst Bloch (1885), and Hans Jonas (1903).
1748 - 1830
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 26
1855 - 1936
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 27
1806 - 1856
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 28
1888 - 1985
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 29
1874 - 1928
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 30
1895 - 1973
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 31
1602 - 1680
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 32
1891 - 1970
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 33
1729 - 1786
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 34
1838 - 1917
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 35
1096 - 1141
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 36
1885 - 1977
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 37
1903 - 1993
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 38