PHILOSOPHER

Debendranath Tagore

1817 - 1905

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Debendranath Tagore (15 May 1817 – 19 January 1905; birth name: Debendronath Thakur) was an Indian philosopher and religious reformer, active in the Brahmo Samaj (earlier called Bhramho Sabha) ("Society of Brahma", also translated as Society of God). He joined Brahmo samaj in 1842. He was the founder in 1848 of the Brahmo religion, which today is synonymous with Brahmoism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Debendranath Tagore has received more than 730,779 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Debendranath Tagore is the 940th most popular philosopher (down from 821st in 2019), the 410th most popular biography from India (down from 320th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Debendranath Tagore ranks 940 out of 1,267. Before him are Ervin László, Anandavardhana, Ramiro Ledesma Ramos, Pedro da Fonseca, Paul Janet, and Richard Swinburne. After him are Robert Anton Wilson, Samuel Alexander, Ibrahim al-Nazzam, Gabriel Biel, Olavo de Carvalho, and Rüdiger Safranski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Debendranath Tagore ranks 46. Before him are Georg Herwegh, George Frederic Watts, Alfred Józef Potocki, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Heinrich Graetz, and Wilhelm Griesinger. After him are Joseph Poelaert, Francesco de Sanctis, Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher, Alfred Des Cloizeaux, Jozef Miloslav Hurban, and Georgi Pulevski. Among people deceased in 1905, Debendranath Tagore ranks 51. Before him are Julius Oppert, Franz Overbeck, Máximo Gómez, John Rogan, Henry Irving, and Siegfried Bing. After him are Henrik Sjöberg, Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure, Konstantin Savitsky, Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz, Rudolf von Alt, and Hermann Wissmann.

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In India

Among people born in India, Debendranath Tagore ranks 410 out of 1,861. Before him are Malik Kafur (1250), Vidya Balan (1979), Sharmila Tagore (1944), Anil Kapoor (1956), Kiran Bedi (1949), and Madhubala (1933). After him are Jeetendra (1942), Vichitravirya (null), R. K. Narayan (1906), Idries Shah (1924), Man Singh I (1550), and Ashapurna Devi (1909).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Debendranath Tagore ranks 40. Before him are Vallabha (1479), Rishabhanatha (null), Rambhadracharya (1950), Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700), Ramananda (1400), and Jaimini (-390). After him are Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), Keshub Chandra Sen (1838), Derek Prince (1915), Homi K. Bhabha (1949), and Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874).

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