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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Balthasar Bekker

1634 - 1698

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Balthasar Bekker (20 March 1634 – 11 June 1698) was a Dutch minister and author of philosophical and theological works. Opposing superstition, he was a key figure in the end of the witchcraft persecutions in early modern Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Balthasar Bekker has received more than 72,694 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Balthasar Bekker is the 1,861st most popular religious figure, the 480th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 13th most popular Dutch Religious Figure.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.59

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  • 1.56

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Balthasar Bekker ranks 1,861 out of 2,238. Before him are Pier Paolo Vergerio, Serafino Vannutelli, Enravota, Lluís Martínez Sistach, Gianfranco Ravasi, and Eleutherius of Byzantium. After him are Giovanni Canestri, Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad, Péter Erdő, Cosmas of Maiuma, Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi, and Sava II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1634, Balthasar Bekker ranks 12. Before him are Nicolaes Maes, Hümaşah Sultan, Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena, Kazimierz Łyszczyński, John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, and Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau. After him are Thomas Kingo, Pasquier Quesnel, Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, and Dorothe Engelbretsdatter. Among people deceased in 1698, Balthasar Bekker ranks 9. Before him are Rasmus Bartholin, Frederick Casimir Kettler, Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Gerrit Berckheyde, Andrea Guarneri, and Willem de Vlamingh. After him are John George II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach and Louis de Buade de Frontenac.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Balthasar Bekker ranks 480 out of 1,427. Before him are Nina Foch (1924), Pim Verbeek (1956), Teun A. van Dijk (1943), Roméo Dallaire (1946), Corrie ten Boom (1892), and Fons Rademakers (1920). After him are Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873), Pieter Post (1608), Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596), Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608), Louis Beel (1902), and Anthony van Hoboken (1887).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Netherlands

Among religious figures born in Netherlands, Balthasar Bekker ranks 13. Before him are Wim Hof (1959), Ludger (742), Johannes Willebrands (1909), Peter Hans Kolvenbach (1928), Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857), and Adrianus Johannes Simonis (1931). After him are Gisbertus Voetius (1589), Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1900), Johannes de Jong (1885), and Frans van der Lugt (1938).

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