PHILOSOPHER

F. C. S. Schiller

1864 - 1937

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Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller, FBA (German: [ˈʃɪlɐ]; 16 August 1864 – 6 August 1937), usually cited as F. C. S. Schiller, was a German-British philosopher. Born in Altona, Holstein (at that time member of the German Confederation, but under Danish administration), Schiller studied at the University of Oxford, later was a professor there, after being invited back after a brief time at Cornell University. Later in his life he taught at the University of Southern California. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of F. C. S. Schiller has received more than 91,104 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. F. C. S. Schiller is the 1,160th most popular philosopher (down from 1,084th in 2019), the 4,748th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,228th in 2019) and the 145th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, F. C. S. Schiller ranks 1,160 out of 1,267. Before him are John McDowell, Pat Robertson, Mark Fisher, Mary Whiton Calkins, Thomas Sebeok, and Uku Masing. After him are John Finnis, John Peckham, Anthony Collins, Philip Pettit, Bernard Bosanquet, and Jaegwon Kim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, F. C. S. Schiller ranks 146. Before him are Hanna Pauli, Stanley Maude, William S. Hart, Willoughby Hamilton, Jozef Murgaš, and Edwin Hedley. After him are Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Eugenio Tosi, Artur Văitoianu, Elinor Glyn, Anna Haava, and Alexandre Levy. Among people deceased in 1937, F. C. S. Schiller ranks 148. Before him are Axel Bakunts, Juan Campisteguy, Madison Grant, Nikolai Klyuev, Yordan Yovkov, and Wilhelm Weinberg. After him are Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj, Juan Artola, Nygmet Nurmakov, Marguerite Audoux, Grafton Elliot Smith, and Colin Clive.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, F. C. S. Schiller ranks 4,748 out of 7,253. Before him are Werner Peters (1918), Stefan Raab (1966), Martina Hellmann (1960), Charlotte Auerbach (1899), Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1854), and Hans Cieslarczyk (1937). After him are Michael May (1934), Haim Katz (1947), Gustav Rose (1798), Christoph Höhne (1941), Chris Roberts (1944), and Heinrich Zschokke (1771).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, F. C. S. Schiller ranks 145. Before him are Josef Pieper (1904), Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster (1869), Friedrich Eduard Beneke (1798), Martin Chemnitz (1522), Friedrich Gogarten (1887), and Dieter Henrich (1927). After him are Hermann Lietz (1868), Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde (1930), Walter Kaufmann (1921), Volker Zotz (1956), and Richard David Precht (1964).

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