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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 60,803 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Caspar Schwenckfeld is the 1,764th most popular religious figure (down from 1,513th in 2019), the 621st most popular biography from Poland (down from 577th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Polish Religious Figure.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.15

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  • 1.95

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Caspar Schwenckfeld ranks 1,764 out of 2,238. Before her are Anthim the Iberian, Zara Yaqob, Pacian, Lokaksema, Jan Łaski, and Prosper Grech. After her are Don Alden Adams, Franz König, Alphaeus, Ignaz von Döllinger, Henri Langlois, and Bernardino López de Carvajal.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Caspar Schwenckfeld ranks 621 out of 1,454. Before her are Remus von Woyrsch (1847), Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905), Jankel Adler (1895), Paul Löbe (1875), Władysław Bartoszewski (1922), and Jan Łaski (1499). After her are Johann Schobert (1720), Michael O. Rabin (1931), Max Abraham (1875), Henryk Dembiński (1791), Yakov Perelman (1882), and Uwe Johnson (1934).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Caspar Schwenckfeld ranks 28. Before her are John Albert Vasa (1612), Franciszek Macharski (1927), Melchior Grodziecki (1584), Stanisław Ryłko (1945), Michał Sopoćko (1888), and Jan Łaski (1499). After her are Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875), Wincenty Kadłubek (1150), Józef Glemp (1929), Hypatius Pociej (1541), August Hlond (1881), and Anna Wierzbicka (1938).

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