1864 - 1937
Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller, FBA (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 82,529 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). F. C. S. Schiller is the 1,084th most popular philosopher (down from 1,013th in 2019), the 4,242nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,721st in 2019) and the 130th most popular German Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, F. C. S. Schiller ranks 1,084 out of 1,081. Before him are Jaegwon Kim, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Barbara Cassin, David Malet Armstrong, Helene von Druskowitz, and Geydar Dzhemal. After him are John Major, Eric A. Havelock, Abram Deborin, Bas van Fraassen, Gary L. Francione, and Pat Robertson.
1934 - 2019
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 1,078
1903 - 1993
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 1,079
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 1,080
1926 - 2014
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 1,081
1856 - 1918
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 1,082
1947 - 2016
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 1,083
1864 - 1937
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 1,084
1467 - 1550
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 1,085
1903 - 1988
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 1,086
1881 - 1963
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 1,087
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 1,088
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 1,089
1930 - 2023
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 1,090
Among people born in 1864, F. C. S. Schiller ranks 134. Before him are Sándor Simonyi-Semadam, Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Alice Tegnér, Alberto Nepomuceno, Toros Toramanian, and Jakob Emanuel Lange. After him are William S. Hart, Miina Härma, Stanley Maude, Alice Davenport, Willoughby Hamilton, and Reginald Dyer. Among people deceased in 1937, F. C. S. Schiller ranks 136. Before him are Walter Burley Griffin, Nikolai Klyuev, Axel Bakunts, Marguerite Audoux, Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj, and Colin Clive. After him are Antônio Parreiras, Anastasios Metaxas, Juan Campisteguy, Wilhelm Weinberg, Colin Campbell Cooper, and R. J. Mitchell.
1864 - 1946
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 128
1864 - 1932
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 129
1864 - 1943
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 130
1864 - 1920
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 131
1864 - 1934
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 132
1864 - 1941
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 133
1864 - 1937
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 134
1864 - 1946
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 135
1864 - 1941
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 136
1864 - 1917
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 137
1864 - 1936
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 138
1864 - 1943
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 139
1864 - 1927
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 140
1876 - 1937
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 130
1884 - 1937
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 131
1899 - 1937
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 132
1863 - 1937
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 133
1906 - 1937
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 134
1900 - 1937
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 135
1864 - 1937
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 136
1860 - 1937
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 137
1862 - 1937
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 138
1859 - 1937
HPI: 45.23
Rank: 139
1862 - 1937
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 140
1856 - 1937
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 141
1895 - 1937
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 142
Among people born in Germany, F. C. S. Schiller ranks 4,242 out of 6,142. Before him are Gerhard Lamprecht (1897), Emmanuel Scheffer (1924), Jakob Emanuel Lange (1864), Martin Bangemann (1934), Georg Buschner (1925), and Walburga Habsburg Douglas (1958). After him are Princess Marie of Baden (1834), Karl Moritz Schumann (1851), Gustav Fischer (1848), Johannes Wislicenus (1835), Harry Benjamin (1885), and Theodor von Heuglin (1824).
1897 - 1974
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 4,236
1924 - 2012
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 4,237
1864 - 1941
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 4,238
1934 - 2022
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 4,239
1925 - 2007
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 4,240
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 4,241
1864 - 1937
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 4,242
1834 - 1899
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 4,243
1851 - 1904
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 4,244
1848 - 1886
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 4,245
1835 - 1902
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 4,246
1885 - 1986
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 4,247
1824 - 1876
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 4,248
Among philosophers born in Germany, F. C. S. Schiller ranks 130. Before him are Gottlob Ernst Schulze (1761), Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796), Paul Deussen (1845), Martin Chemnitz (1522), Hermann Gunkel (1862), and Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde (1930). After him are Volker Zotz (1956), Walter Kaufmann (1921), and Richard David Precht (1964).
1761 - 1833
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 124
1796 - 1879
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 125
1845 - 1919
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 126
1522 - Present
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 127
1862 - 1932
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 128
1930 - 2019
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 129
1864 - 1937
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 130
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 131
1921 - 1980
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 132
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 133