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Gerardus Vossius

1577 - 1649

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Gerrit Janszoon Vos (March or April 1577, Heidelberg – 19 March 1649, Amsterdam), often known by his Latin name Gerardus Vossius, was a Dutch classical scholar and theologian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerardus Vossius has received more than 57,086 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerardus Vossius is the 189th most popular historian (down from 172nd in 2019), the 2,675th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,535th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Gerardus Vossius ranks 189 out of 339Before him are Paisius of Hilendar, Edgar Quinet, Philistus, Edward Luttwak, Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, and Mirkhvand. After him are Ferdinand Gregorovius, Walter Laqueur, Quentin Skinner, Abraham Geiger, Constantine Lascaris, and Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, Gerardus Vossius ranks 14Before him are Dmitry Pozharsky, Scipione Borghese, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Jacob Cats. After him are Robert Burton, Nicolas Trigault, and Roberto de Nobili. Among people deceased in 1649, Gerardus Vossius ranks 8Before him are Injo of Joseon, Simon Vouet, Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Catherine of Brandenburg, David Teniers the Elder, and Isaac van Ostade. After him are Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Juan Martínez Montañés, Ustad Ahmad Lahori, John Winthrop, Vincenzo Carafa, and Vittoria Farnese.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerardus Vossius ranks 2,675 out of 6,142Before him are Franz Lachner (1803), Christa Schroeder (1908), Heidi Brühl (1942), Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke (1819), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (1443), and Adam Kraft (1450). After him are Rudolf Klein-Rogge (1885), Martin Walser (1927), Carl Brockelmann (1868), Sigmar Gabriel (1959), John II, Count Palatine of Simmern (1492), and Rainer Bonhof (1952).

Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Gerardus Vossius ranks 23Before him are Helmold (1120), Heinrich von Treitschke (1834), Jan Assmann (1938), Karl Lamprecht (1856), Arno Peters (1916), and Hermann Abert (1871). After him are Abraham Geiger (1810), Fritz Fischer (1908), Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729), Karl Krumbacher (1856), Friedrich Meinecke (1862), and Philipp Spitta (1841).