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PHILOSOPHER

Ferenc Dávid

1510 - 1579

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Ferenc Dávid (also rendered as Francis David or Francis Davidis; born as Franz David Hertel, c. 1520 – 15 November 1579) was a Protestant preacher and theologian from Transylvania, the founder of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania, and the leading figure of the Nontrinitarian Christian movements during the Protestant Reformation. He disputed the mainstream Christian doctrine of the Trinity, believing God to be one and indivisible. Studying Catholic theology in Wittenberg and in Frankfurt an der Oder, he was first ordained as a Roman Catholic priest, later he became a Lutheran minister and then a Calvinist bishop in the Principality of Transylvania. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferenc Dávid has received more than 75,803 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferenc Dávid is the 828th most popular philosopher (down from 790th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Romania (down from 167th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Romanian Philosopher.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ferenc Dávid ranks 828 out of 1,081. Before him are Calcidius, André Glucksmann, Tan Sitong, Christian von Ehrenfels, Ervin László, and Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann. After him are Gregory of Tatev, Apollodorus the Epicurean, Alain Finkielkraut, Matthias Bel, Paul de Man, and Thomas Arnold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, Ferenc Dávid ranks 28. Before him are Margaret Paleologa, Bernard Palissy, Diego Ortiz, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, Wan Hu, and Alonso Mudarra. After him are Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza, Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Martynas Mažvydas, Roy Mata, William Turner, and Bonaventure des Périers. Among people deceased in 1579, Ferenc Dávid ranks 8. Before him are Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Diego de Landa, Joseph Nasi, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Thomas Gresham, and Hans Staden. After him are Juan Fernández Navarrete, Stanislaus Hosius, Simão Rodrigues, and John Ogilvie.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ferenc Dávid ranks 184 out of 665. Before him are Lucian Mureșan (1931), Barbu Știrbey (1872), Gheorghe Popescu (1967), Brunó Ferenc Straub (1914), Michael II Apafi (1676), and Júlia Várady (1941). After him are Liviu Rebreanu (1885), Eva Mozes Kor (1934), Tamás Bakócz (1442), Mihail Sebastian (1907), Elek Schwartz (1908), and Ion C. Brătianu (1821).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Romania

Among philosophers born in Romania, Ferenc Dávid ranks 7. Before him are Emil Cioran (1911), Georges Politzer (1903), Lucien Goldmann (1913), Lucian Blaga (1895), Vazgen I (1908), and Péter Pázmány (1570).

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