RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Caspar Schwenckfeld

1490 - 1561

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Caspar (or Kaspar) Schwen(c)kfeld von Ossig () (1489 or 1490 – 10 December 1561) was a German theologian, writer, physician, naturalist, and preacher who became a Protestant Reformer and spiritualist. He was one of the earliest promoters of the Protestant Reformation in Silesia. Schwenckfeld came to Reformation principles through Thomas Müntzer and Andreas Karlstadt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Caspar Schwenckfeld has received more than 65,470 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Caspar Schwenckfeld is the 1,695th most popular religious figure (up from 1,750th in 2019), the 577th most popular biography from Poland (up from 621st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Polish Religious Figure.

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  • 54.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Caspar Schwenckfeld ranks 1,695 out of 3,187. Before her are Bartholomeus Anglicus, Peter of Sebaste, Neferneferuaten, Giovanni Lajolo, Antonio María Rouco Varela, and Domenico Tardini. After her are Willibald, Dimitry of Rostov, Giacomo Antonelli, Nahor, son of Terah, Kosmas the Aetolian, and Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1490, Caspar Schwenckfeld ranks 20. Before her are John III, Duke of Cleves, Marinus van Reymerswaele, Properzia de' Rossi, Galvarino, Nikola Jurišić, and Mohammed al-Shaykh. After her are Claudin de Sermisy, John Taverner, Luca Ghini, Adriaen Isenbrandt, and Juan Boscán Almogáver. Among people deceased in 1561, Caspar Schwenckfeld ranks 18. Before her are Jan Tarnowski, Luis de Milán, Alonso Berruguete, Hans Tausen, Yamamoto Kansuke, and Catherine of Mecklenburg. After her are Saitō Yoshitatsu, Jorge de Montemor, Simon Bening, and Mother Shipton.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Caspar Schwenckfeld ranks 577 out of 1,694. Before her are Kazimierz Fajans (1887), Ignacy Krasicki (1735), Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1819), Peter van Eyck (1911), Krzysztof Komeda (1931), and Isaac Deutscher (1907). After her are Tadeusz Kutrzeba (1885), Bella Darvi (1928), Hilary Koprowski (1916), Edward Ochab (1906), Jan Sarkander (1576), and Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1797).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Caspar Schwenckfeld ranks 23. Before her are Wolf Messing (1899), John Albert Vasa (1612), Moses Isserles (1520), Emil Krebs (1867), Jan Łaski (1499), and Stanisław Ryłko (1945). After her are Jan Sarkander (1576), Joachim Meisner (1933), Franciszek Macharski (1927), Michał Sopoćko (1888), Stanisława Leszczyńska (1896), and Dorothea of Montau (1347).

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