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Emer de Vattel

1714 - 1767

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Emer (Emmerich) de Vattel (French pronunciation: [vat-těl] 25 April 1714 – 28 December 1767) was a Prussian international lawyer. He was born in Couvet in the Principality of Neuchâtel (now a canton part of Switzerland but part of Prussia at the time) in 1714 and died in 1767. Vattel's work profoundly influenced the development of international law. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emer de Vattel has received more than 127,693 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Emer de Vattel is the 796th most popular philosopher (up from 846th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 270th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swiss Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Emer de Vattel ranks 796 out of 1,081. Before him are George of Trebizond, Cerinthus, Mykhailo Drahomanov, Michel Henry, Herman of Carinthia, and Péter Pázmány. After him are Cheng Hao, Anne Conway, Metrodorus of Chios, Louis Lavelle, Mortimer J. Adler, and Hans Albert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1714, Emer de Vattel ranks 17. Before him are Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Kristijonas Donelaitis, George Whitefield, Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine, and Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia. After him are César-François Cassini de Thury, Richard Wilson, Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi, René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Suleiman II of Persia, and Gottfried August Homilius. Among people deceased in 1767, Emer de Vattel ranks 8. Before him are Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France, Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria, Maria Josepha of Bavaria, Giambattista Pittoni, Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Burkhard Christoph von Münnich. After him are Étienne de Silhouette, Ekkathat, Johann Schobert, Firmin Abauzit, Giacomo Ceruti, and Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Emer de Vattel ranks 246 out of 876. Before him are Rudolf Wolf (1816), Ludwig Senfl (1486), George de Mestral (1907), Vincent Perez (1964), Adolf Wölfli (1864), and Henri Schwery (1932). After him are Wiborada (900), Emma Jung (1882), Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767), Princess Elena of Romania (1950), Domenico Trezzini (1670), and Flavio Cotti (1939).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Switzerland

Among philosophers born in Switzerland, Emer de Vattel ranks 7. Before him are Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712), Benjamin Constant (1767), Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821), Frithjof Schuon (1907), Denis de Rougemont (1906), and Jean Vanier (1928). After him are Karl Ludwig von Haller (1768) and Tariq Ramadan (1962).

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