PHILOSOPHER

Christian von Ehrenfels

1859 - 1932

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Christian von Ehrenfels (also Maria Christian Julius Leopold Freiherr von Ehrenfels; 20 June 1859 – 8 September 1932) was an Austrian philosopher, and is known as one of the founders and precursors of Gestalt psychology. Christian von Ehrenfels was born on 20 June 1859 in Rodaun near Vienna and grew up at his father's castle Brunn am Walde in Lower Austria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian von Ehrenfels has received more than 94,029 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Christian von Ehrenfels is the 911th most popular philosopher (down from 825th in 2019), the 621st most popular biography from Austria (down from 549th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Austrian Philosopher.

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Over the past year Christian von Ehrenfels has had the most page views in the with 10,409 views, followed by Spanish (4,113), and German (3,656). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (180.46%), Ukrainian (52.29%), and Swedish (49.74%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Christian von Ehrenfels ranks 911 out of 1,267. Before him are Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, Lastheneia of Mantinea, Jacques-André Naigeon, Hermias, Johannes Agricola, and Erich Neumann. After him are Colotes, Antoun Saadeh, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Theodor Gomperz, David Lewis, and Peter Lamborn Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Christian von Ehrenfels ranks 74. Before him are Mikhail Rodzianko, Aurel Stodola, Adolf Bertram, Kostis Palamas, August von Gödrich, and Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe. After him are Ernst Hartert, Victor Loret, Louis Majorelle, Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia, Samuel Alexander, and Kosta Khetagurov. Among people deceased in 1932, Christian von Ehrenfels ranks 72. Before him are Francisco S. Carvajal, María Blanchard, Lytton Strachey, Emil Paur, Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Julius Röntgen. After him are Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, Paul Neumann, Filippo Turati, Paul Gorguloff, Arnošt Muka, and Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Christian von Ehrenfels ranks 621 out of 1,424. Before him are Theodor Innitzer (1875), Ernst Stojaspal (1925), Karl Buresch (1878), Peter Habeler (1942), Nathan Birnbaum (1864), and Fritz Muliar (1919). After him are Ottokar III of Styria (1129), Emma Eckstein (1865), Herbert Prohaska (1955), Ferdinand Marian (1902), Thomas Muster (1967), and Paul Neumann (1875).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Austria

Among philosophers born in Austria, Christian von Ehrenfels ranks 14. Before him are Alfred Schütz (1899), Otto Neurath (1882), Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757), André Gorz (1923), Jean Améry (1912), and Kazimierz Twardowski (1866). After him are Jacob Taubes (1923), Helene von Druskowitz (1856), and Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1909).

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