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PHILOSOPHER

Florian Znaniecki

1882 - 1958

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Florian Witold Znaniecki (15 January 1882 – 23 March 1958) was a Polish and American philosopher and sociologist who taught and wrote in Poland and in the United States. Over the course of his work, he shifted his focus from philosophy to sociology. He remains a major figure in the history of Polish and American sociology; the founder of Polish academic sociology, and of an entire school of thought in sociology. He won international renown as co-author, with William I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Florian Znaniecki has received more than 117,661 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Florian Znaniecki is the 619th most popular philosopher (up from 660th in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from Poland (up from 411th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Polish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Florian Znaniecki ranks 619 out of 1,081Before him are Diogenes of Oenoanda, Maximus Planudes, Georges Politzer, Ian Stevenson, Guarino da Verona, and Giles of Rome. After him are Jean Hyppolite, Ernst Moritz Arndt, Al-Taftazani, Bardaisan, Philo of Larissa, and Manuel Chrysoloras.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Florian Znaniecki ranks 83Before him are Joaquín Turina, Korney Chukovsky, Yoshijirō Umezu, John Barrymore, William Halsey Jr., and Ernst von Weizsäcker. After him are Eugène Joseph Delporte, David Burliuk, Ladislas Starevich, Artur Schnabel, Song Jiaoren, and Kimon Georgiev. Among people deceased in 1958, Florian Znaniecki ranks 48Before him are Franz Bardon, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Luigi Musso, Florent Schmitt, Otto Abetz, and Infanta Eulalia of Spain. After him are Edward Weston, Roger Byrne, Ludwig Crüwell, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, 'Abd al-Ilah, and Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Florian Znaniecki ranks 371 out of 1,454Before him are Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885), Hermann von Eichhorn (1848), Lestek (870), Werner Naumann (1909), Anny Ondra (1903), and Theodor Leschetizky (1830). After him are Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria (1457), Oskar R. Lange (1904), Anna Catherine Constance Vasa (1619), Stanisław Wyspiański (1869), Alexander Imich (1903), and David Seymour (1911).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Poland

Among philosophers born in Poland, Florian Znaniecki ranks 16Before him are Günther Anders (1902), Paul Tillich (1886), Heinrich Rickert (1863), Leszek Kołakowski (1927), Chaïm Perelman (1912), and Roman Ingarden (1893). After him are Johannes Bugenhagen (1485), Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928), John Cantius (1390), Symon Budny (1530), Kuno Fischer (1824), and Franz Neumann (1900).