1820 - 1903
Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English polymath active as a philosopher, psychologist, biologist, sociologist, and anthropologist. Spencer originated the expression "survival of the fittest", which he coined in Principles of Biology (1864) after reading Charles Darwin's 1859 book On the Origin of Species. The term strongly suggests natural selection, yet Spencer saw evolution as extending into realms of sociology and ethics, so he also supported Lamarckism.Spencer developed an all-embracing conception of evolution as the progressive development of the physical world, biological organisms, the human mind, and human culture and societies. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbert Spencer has received more than 3,244,340 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Herbert Spencer is the 59th most popular philosopher (up from 66th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 69th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Philosopher.
Herbert Spencer is most famous for his theory of evolution.
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Among philosophers, Herbert Spencer ranks 59 out of 1,081. Before him are Michel Foucault, Hannah Arendt, Lucretius, Plotinus, Henri Bergson, and Anaxagoras. After him are Mikhail Bakunin, Edmund Husserl, Gorgias, Pliny the Elder, Ludwig Feuerbach, and Peter Abelard.
1926 - 1984
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 53
1906 - 1975
HPI: 79.24
Rank: 54
94 BC - 55 BC
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 55
203 - 270
HPI: 78.80
Rank: 56
1859 - 1941
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 57
500 BC - 428 BC
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 58
1820 - 1903
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 59
1814 - 1876
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 60
1859 - 1938
HPI: 77.74
Rank: 61
483 BC - 375 BC
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 62
23 - 79
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 63
1804 - 1872
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 64
1079 - 1142
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 65
Among people born in 1820, Herbert Spencer ranks 3. Before him are Friedrich Engels and Florence Nightingale. After him are Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Nadar, Anne Brontë, Henri, Count of Chambord, Harriet Tubman, Jenny Lind, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Multatuli, and Heungseon Daewongun. Among people deceased in 1903, Herbert Spencer ranks 2. Before him is Paul Gauguin. After him are Pope Leo XIII, Camille Pissarro, Theodor Mommsen, Alois Hitler, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Alexander I of Serbia, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Otto Weininger, and Hugo Wolf.
1820 - 1895
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 1
1820 - 1910
HPI: 82.36
Rank: 2
1820 - 1903
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 3
1820 - 1878
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 4
1820 - 1910
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 5
1820 - 1849
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 6
1820 - 1883
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 7
1820 - 1913
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 8
1820 - 1887
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 9
1820 - 1873
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 10
1820 - 1887
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 11
1820 - 1898
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 12
1848 - 1903
HPI: 81.79
Rank: 1
1820 - 1903
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 2
1810 - 1903
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 3
1830 - 1903
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 4
1817 - 1903
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 5
1837 - 1903
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 6
1830 - 1903
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 7
1819 - 1903
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 8
1876 - 1903
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 9
1839 - 1903
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 10
1880 - 1903
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 11
1860 - 1903
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Herbert Spencer ranks 60 out of 7,765. Before him are Alfred the Great (849), Cecil Rhodes (1853), John Stuart Mill (1806), Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930), Richard Burton (1925), and William Wallace (1270). After him are Charles Babbage (1791), Henry VII of England (1457), George VI (1895), Virginia Woolf (1882), Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857), and Edward VI of England (1537).
849 - 899
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 54
1853 - 1902
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 55
1806 - 1873
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 56
1930 - 2002
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 57
1925 - 1984
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 58
1270 - 1305
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 59
1820 - 1903
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 60
1791 - 1871
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 61
1457 - 1509
HPI: 77.85
Rank: 62
1895 - 1952
HPI: 77.75
Rank: 63
1882 - 1941
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 64
1857 - 1941
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 65
1537 - 1553
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 66
Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Herbert Spencer ranks 6. Before him are John Locke (1632), Francis Bacon (1561), Thomas Hobbes (1588), David Hume (1711), and Thomas More (1478). After him are William of Ockham (1285), Jeremy Bentham (1748), Roger Bacon (1220), Joseph Priestley (1733), John Venn (1834), and Duns Scotus (1265).
1632 - 1704
HPI: 88.31
Rank: 1
1561 - 1626
HPI: 87.67
Rank: 2
1588 - 1679
HPI: 84.85
Rank: 3
1711 - 1776
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 4
1478 - 1535
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 5
1820 - 1903
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 6
1285 - 1347
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 7
1748 - 1832
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 8
1220 - 1292
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 9
1733 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 10
1834 - 1923
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 11
1265 - 1308
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 12