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Beatus Rhenanus

1485 - 1547

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Beatus Rhenanus (22 August 1485 – 20 July 1547), born as Beatus Bild, was a German humanist, religious reformer, classical scholar, and book collector. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Beatus Rhenanus has received more than 40,931 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Beatus Rhenanus is the 893rd most popular philosopher, the 3,131st most popular biography from France and the 113th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Beatus Rhenanus ranks 893 out of 1,267Before him are Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri, Albrecht Ritschl, Ernst von Glasersfeld, Ian Hacking, Axiothea of Phlius, and Ber Borochov. After him are Feng Youlan, Cerinthus, Bernard Williams, Hugo Kołłątaj, Dominicus Gundissalinus, and Nikolay Lossky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1485, Beatus Rhenanus ranks 15Before him are Joos van Cleve, Sayyida al Hurra, Johannes Bugenhagen, Balthasar Hubmaier, Wolf Huber, and Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg. After him are Giovanni Battista Ramusio, Urs Graf, Hugh Latimer, Marco Girolamo Vida, and Romanino. Among people deceased in 1547, Beatus Rhenanus ranks 18Before him are Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme, Konrad Peutinger, Perino del Vaga, Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and Johannes Schöner. After him are Frederick II of Legnica, Jacopo Sadoleto, and Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Beatus Rhenanus ranks 3,131 out of 6,770Before him are Jean du Vergier de Hauranne (1581), Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797), Louise Weiss (1893), Eugène Isabey (1803), Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing (1729), and Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza (1941). After him are Peter Chanel (1803), Itta of Metz (592), Renaud (1952), Claude Le Jeune (1528), Jean Leray (1906), and Salomon de Brosse (1571).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Beatus Rhenanus ranks 113Before him are Michel Marcel Navratil (1908), Jean Guitton (1901), Pierre Daniel Huet (1630), André Glucksmann (1937), Sarah Kofman (1934), and Édouard Le Roy (1870). After him are William of Conches (1080), Jacques-André Naigeon (1738), Denis Pétau (1583), Antoine Berman (1942), Paul Janet (1823), and Firmin Abauzit (1679).