1295 - 1366
Henry Suso, OP (also called Amandus, a name adopted in his writings, and Heinrich Seuse or Heinrich von Berg in German; 21 March 1295 – 25 January 1366) was a German Dominican friar and the most popular vernacular writer of the fourteenth century (when considering the number of surviving manuscripts). Suso is thought to have been born on 21 March 1295. An important author in both Latin and Middle High German, he is also notable for defending Meister Eckhart's legacy after Eckhart was posthumously condemned for heresy in 1329. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Suso has received more than 189,863 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Henry Suso is the 450th most popular philosopher (down from 442nd in 2019), the 1,178th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,105th in 2019) and the 60th most popular German Philosopher.
Henry Suso was a German mystic and Catholic priest who lived in the 14th century. He is most famous for his book, The Life of the Servant, which was translated into English in 1877.
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Among philosophers, Henry Suso ranks 450 out of 1,081. Before him are Ravidas, Yi Hwang, Alan Watts, Madhvacharya, Alain de Benoist, and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda. After him are Ibn al-Rawandi, Petrus Ramus, Abul A'la Maududi, Ernst Troeltsch, Phaedo of Elis, and Norberto Bobbio.
1450 - Present
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 444
1501 - 1570
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 445
1915 - 1973
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 446
1199 - 1278
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 447
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 448
1490 - 1573
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 449
1295 - 1366
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 450
827 - 911
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 451
1515 - 1572
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 452
1903 - 1979
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 453
1865 - 1923
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 454
401 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 455
1909 - 2004
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 456
Among people born in 1295, Henry Suso ranks 5. Before him are Saint Roch, Isabella of France, Jean Buridan, and Nicephorus Gregoras. After him are Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, Catherine of Austria, Duchess of Calabria, and Nicholas Orsini. Among people deceased in 1366, Henry Suso ranks 2. Before him is Taddeo Gaddi. After him is Jaunutis.
1295 - 1327
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 1
1295 - 1358
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 2
1295 - 1361
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 3
1295 - 1360
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 4
1295 - 1366
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 5
1295 - 1350
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 6
1295 - 1323
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 7
1295 - 1323
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 8
1290 - 1366
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1
1295 - 1366
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 2
1300 - 1366
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 3
Among people born in Germany, Henry Suso ranks 1,178 out of 6,142. Before him are Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1831), Helmut Rahn (1929), Theodor Storm (1817), Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (1473), Hans-Dieter Flick (1965), and Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1680). After him are Nena (1960), Maria Sophia of Neuburg (1666), Wilhelm Busch (1832), Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1690), Ernst-Günther Schenck (1904), and Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876).
1831 - 1867
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 1,172
1929 - 2003
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,173
1817 - 1888
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,174
1473 - 1541
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,175
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 1,176
1680 - 1735
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 1,177
1295 - 1366
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 1,178
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 1,179
1666 - 1699
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 1,180
1832 - 1908
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 1,181
1690 - 1747
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 1,182
1904 - 1998
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 1,183
1876 - 1907
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 1,184
Among philosophers born in Germany, Henry Suso ranks 60. Before him are Christian Thomasius (1655), Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (1775), Carl Gustav Hempel (1905), Peter Sloterdijk (1947), Hans Reichenbach (1891), and Franz Rosenzweig (1886). After him are Ernst Troeltsch (1865), Leo Strauss (1899), Karl Löwith (1897), Karl-Otto Apel (1922), Annemarie Schimmel (1922), and Axel Honneth (1949).
1655 - 1728
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 54
1775 - 1833
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 55
1905 - 1997
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 56
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 57
1891 - 1953
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 58
1886 - 1929
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 59
1295 - 1366
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 60
1865 - 1923
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 61
1899 - 1973
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 62
1897 - 1973
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 63
1922 - 2017
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 64
1922 - 2003
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 65
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 66