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Heinrich Zimmer

1890 - 1943

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Heinrich Robert Zimmer (6 December 1890 – 20 March 1943) was a German Indologist and linguist, as well as a historian of South Asian art, most known for his works, Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization and Philosophies of India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Zimmer has received more than 177,505 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Zimmer is the 343rd most popular historian (down from 288th in 2019), the 4,076th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,564th in 2019) and the 45th most popular German Historian.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.03

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  • 2.19

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Heinrich Zimmer ranks 343 out of 561. Before him are Paul Kennedy, Israel Gutman, Timothy D. Snyder, Benny Morris, John King Fairbank, and Ronald Syme. After him are Ernest Fenollosa, Girolamo Mei, Jérôme Carcopino, Fernão Lopes, William H. Prescott, and John Keegan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Heinrich Zimmer ranks 156. Before him are Moa Martinson, Arthur Holmes, George Horine, Tibor Szamuely, Henri Decoin, and Maurice Genevoix. After him are Ernst Deutsch, Jan de Vries, Willie Applegarth, Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Alice Joyce, and Mark Tobey. Among people deceased in 1943, Heinrich Zimmer ranks 143. Before him are A. Merritt, Dora Gerson, Kristjan Raud, Kiyotsugu Hirayama, Damrong Rajanubhab, and Charley Paddock. After him are Walter Thiel, Eugeniusz Bodo, Lucien Démanet, Rihard Jakopič, Ruth Belville, and Estella Agsteribbe.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Zimmer ranks 4,076 out of 7,253. Before him are George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1688), Paul von Hintze (1864), Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1670), Jutta Rüdiger (1910), Erick-Oskar Hansen (1889), and Willi Baumeister (1889). After him are Emanuel Geibel (1815), Conrad Albrecht (1880), Georg Schrimpf (1889), Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg (1677), Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798), and Robert Habeck (1969).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Heinrich Zimmer ranks 45. Before him are Hermann Conring (1606), Johann Gottfried Eichhorn (1752), Friedrich Kittler (1943), Gerhard Friedrich Müller (1705), Heinrich Gelzer (1847), and Walter Burkert (1931). After him are Peter Gay (1923), Franz Babinger (1891), Georg Gottfried Gervinus (1805), Heinrich von Sybel (1817), Gottfried Arnold (1665), and Gerhard Ritter (1888).

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