PHILOSOPHER

Hans Robert Jauss

1921 - 1997

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Hans Robert Jauss (German: Jauß or Jauss; 12 December 1921 – 1 March 1997) was a German academic, notable for his work in reception theory (especially his concept of horizon of expectation) and medieval and modern French literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Robert Jauss has received more than 110,971 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Robert Jauss is the 777th most popular philosopher, the 2,485th most popular biography from Germany and the 102nd most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hans Robert Jauss ranks 777 out of 1,267Before him are Zacharias Rhetor, Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg, Élisabeth Badinter, Albert of Saxony, Friedrich Pollock, and Jean-Luc Marion. After him are Charles Renouvier, Philip of Opus, Henry More, Raymond Williams, Stephen Toulmin, and Moshe Chaim Luzzatto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Hans Robert Jauss ranks 148Before him are Giovanni Benelli, Angelo Dundee, Robert Brown, Paddy Roy Bates, Louis Lachenal, and Francisco Morales Bermúdez. After him are Ezzard Charles, Georges Wilson, Abe Vigoda, Esther Williams, Raymond Williams, and Amedeo Amadei. Among people deceased in 1997, Hans Robert Jauss ranks 102Before him are Jambyn Batmönkh, Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., Bo Widerberg, Félix Candela, Robert Serber, and Shintaro Katsu. After him are Jean Françaix, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Laurean Rugambwa, Edward Mulhare, Anatoliy Banishevskiy, and Lyman Spitzer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Robert Jauss ranks 2,485 out of 7,253Before him are Ami Boué (1794), William II, Elector of Hesse (1777), Alfred Meyer (1891), Michael Rummenigge (1964), Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1519), and Andrzej Seweryn (1946). After him are Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856), Michael von Faulhaber (1869), Helmut Griem (1932), Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724), Anton Reichenow (1847), and Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania (1580).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Hans Robert Jauss ranks 102Before him are Arnold Ruge (1802), Theodor Lessing (1872), Paul de Lagarde (1827), Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (1802), Albert of Saxony (1316), and Friedrich Pollock (1894). After him are Leo Löwenthal (1900), Jakob Friedrich Fries (1773), Karl Vogt (1817), Joseph Dietzgen (1828), Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792), and Valentin Weigel (1533).