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Hermann Alexander Diels

1848 - 1922

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Hermann Alexander Diels (German: [diːls]; 18 May 1848 – 4 June 1922) was a German classical scholar, who was influential in the area of early Greek philosophy and is known for his standard work Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Alexander Diels has received more than 62,958 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Hermann Alexander Diels is the 89th most popular historian (up from 98th in 2019), the 1,179th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,408th in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Hermann Alexander Diels ranks 89 out of 561. Before him are Al-Maqrizi, Georges Duby, Julius Wellhausen, Erich Auerbach, George Ostrogorsky, and Al-Waqidi. After him are Timaeus, Yuval Noah Harari, George Kedrenos, Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, Vasily Bartold, and Tyrannius Rufinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Hermann Alexander Diels ranks 31. Before him are Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Victor Noir, Johann Palisa, Guido von List, Loránd Eötvös, and Hristo Botev. After him are Carlos, Duke of Madrid, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, Thomas Lipton, Pierre De Geyter, and Carl Stumpf. Among people deceased in 1922, Hermann Alexander Diels ranks 34. Before him are Camille Jordan, Alessandro Moreschi, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Lothar von Richthofen, Velimir Khlebnikov, and Ōkuma Shigenobu. After him are Henri Désiré Landru, Catherine Dolgorukov, Giovanni Verga, Arthur Nikisch, Gaston, Count of Eu, and Edmund Leighton.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Alexander Diels ranks 1,179 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Josef Strauss (1915), Horst Tappert (1923), Friedrich Kuhlau (1786), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), Anna Maria van Schurman (1607), and Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754). After him are Franz Ehrle (1845), Paul Natorp (1854), Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1785), August Landmesser (1910), Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833), and Marianne Bachmeier (1950).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Hermann Alexander Diels ranks 10. Before him are Adam of Bremen (1100), Samuel von Pufendorf (1632), Erwin Panofsky (1892), Aby Warburg (1866), Julius Wellhausen (1844), and Erich Auerbach (1892). After him are Christoph Cellarius (1638), Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876), Reinhart Koselleck (1923), Golo Mann (1909), August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735), and Heinrich von Treitschke (1834).

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