1782 - 1852
Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel or Froebel (German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈʔaʊɡʊst ˈfʁøːbl̩] ; 21 April 1782 – 21 June 1852) was a German pedagogue, a student of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, who laid the foundation for modern education based on the recognition that children have unique needs and capabilities. He created the concept of the kindergarten and coined the word, which soon entered the English language as well. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Fröbel has received more than 793,918 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Fröbel is the 107th most popular philosopher (down from 90th in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Germany (down from 114th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Philosopher.
Friedrich Fröbel was a German educator who is most famous for inventing the kindergarten.
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Among philosophers, Friedrich Fröbel ranks 107 out of 1,081. Before him are Theophrastus, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Henri de Saint-Simon, Jacques Derrida, Aristippus, and Joseph Priestley. After him are Philo, Pyrrho, Meister Eckhart, Charles Fourier, Gilles Deleuze, and John Venn.
371 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 101
1767 - 1835
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 102
1760 - 1825
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 103
1930 - 2004
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 104
434 BC - 355 BC
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 105
1733 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 106
1782 - 1852
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 107
15 BC - 45
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 108
365 BC - 275 BC
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 109
1260 - 1328
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 110
1772 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 111
1925 - 1995
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 112
1834 - 1923
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 113
Among people born in 1782, Friedrich Fröbel ranks 3. Before him are Martin Van Buren and Niccolò Paganini. After him are Daoguang Emperor, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Caroline Bonaparte, Daniel Auber, John Field, Ivan Paskevich, Archduke John of Austria, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, and Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca. Among people deceased in 1852, Friedrich Fröbel ranks 3. Before him are Louis Braille and Nikolai Gogol. After him are Ada Lovelace, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Henry Clay, Auguste de Marmont, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Johan Gadolin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Karl Bryullov, and Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden.
1782 - 1862
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 1
1782 - 1840
HPI: 82.33
Rank: 2
1782 - 1852
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 3
1782 - 1850
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 4
1782 - 1866
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 5
1782 - 1839
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 6
1782 - 1871
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 7
1782 - 1837
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 8
1782 - 1856
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 9
1782 - 1859
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 10
1782 - 1854
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 11
1782 - 1824
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 12
1809 - 1852
HPI: 78.84
Rank: 1
1809 - 1852
HPI: 77.86
Rank: 2
1782 - 1852
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 3
1815 - 1852
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 4
1769 - 1852
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 5
1777 - 1852
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 6
1774 - 1852
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 7
1778 - 1852
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 8
1760 - 1852
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 9
1778 - 1852
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 10
1799 - 1852
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 11
1790 - 1852
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Fröbel ranks 137 out of 6,142. Before him are Novalis (1772), Bruce Willis (1955), Agrippina the Younger (15), Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472), Leni Riefenstahl (1902), and Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742). After him are Ambrose (340), Frederick William I of Prussia (1688), Anne of Cleves (1515), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), Alfred Jodl (1890), and Charles the Fat (839).
1772 - 1801
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 131
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 132
15 - 59
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 133
1472 - 1553
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 134
1902 - 2003
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 135
1742 - 1786
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 136
1782 - 1852
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 137
340 - 397
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 138
1688 - 1740
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 139
1515 - 1557
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 140
1845 - 1886
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 141
1890 - 1946
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 142
839 - 888
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 143
Among philosophers born in Germany, Friedrich Fröbel ranks 15. Before him are Jürgen Habermas (1929), Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775), Nicholas of Cusa (1401), Carl von Clausewitz (1780), Walter Benjamin (1892), and Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767). After him are Meister Eckhart (1260), Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), Oswald Spengler (1880), Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), and Baron d'Holbach (1723).
1929 - Present
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 9
1775 - 1854
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 10
1401 - 1464
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 11
1780 - 1831
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 12
1892 - 1940
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 13
1767 - 1835
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 14
1782 - 1852
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 15
1260 - 1328
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 16
1776 - 1841
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 17
1900 - 2002
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 18
1880 - 1936
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 19
1846 - 1926
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 20
1723 - 1789
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 21