PHILOSOPHER

Hermann Gunkel

1862 - 1932

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Hermann Gunkel (German: [gʊŋkl̩]; 23 May 1862 – 11 March 1932), a German Old Testament scholar, founded form criticism. He also became a leading representative of the history of religions school. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Gunkel has received more than 116,186 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Hermann Gunkel is the 1,046th most popular philosopher (up from 1,068th in 2019), the 4,014th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,137th in 2019) and the 131st most popular German Philosopher.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hermann Gunkel ranks 1,046 out of 1,267. Before him are Theodor Benfey, Thrasyllus of Mendes, R. M. Hare, Phaenias of Eresus, Damaris Cudworth Masham, and Aesara. After him are Keshub Chandra Sen, Justus Möser, Samuel ibn Tibbon, Rémi Brague, Immanuel Hermann Fichte, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Hermann Gunkel ranks 111. Before him are John de Robeck, Charles Laval, Emil von Sauer, Edward Granville Browne, Aleksander Kakowski, and Cosmo Duff-Gordon. After him are Émile Coste, John R. Commons, Damrong Rajanubhab, Ida B. Wells, Theodor Fischer, and Maironis. Among people deceased in 1932, Hermann Gunkel ranks 91. Before him are Mikhail Pokrovsky, Gertrude Jekyll, Karl Blossfeldt, Duke Alexander of Oldenburg, Ali Rıza Pasha, and Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau. After him are John Walter Gregory, Agha Petros, Henry M. Leland, Paul Warburg, Herbert Norkus, and Hart Crane.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Gunkel ranks 4,014 out of 7,253. Before him are Albert von Le Coq (1860), Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1761), Margot Hielscher (1919), Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727), Birgit Fischer (1962), and Martina Gedeck (1961). After him are Georg Marcgrave (1610), Carl Graebe (1841), Justus Möser (1720), Ulf Merbold (1941), Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt (1855), and Edgar Jung (1894).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Hermann Gunkel ranks 131. Before him are Hermann Usener (1834), August Böckh (1785), Paul Deussen (1845), Wilhelm Gesenius (1786), Carl Dahlhaus (1928), and Theodor Benfey (1809). After him are Justus Möser (1720), Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796), Joachim Camerarius (1500), Max Dessoir (1867), Georg Anton Friedrich Ast (1778), and Heymann Steinthal (1823).

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