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Heymann Steinthal

1823 - 1899

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Heymann, Hermann or Chajim Steinthal (16 May 1823 – 14 March 1899) was a German philologist and philosopher. He studied philology and philosophy at the University of Berlin, and was in 1850 appointed Privatdozent of philology and mythology at that institution. He was influenced by Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose Sprachwissenschaftliche Werke he edited in 1884. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heymann Steinthal has received more than 41,969 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Heymann Steinthal is the 1,076th most popular philosopher (down from 958th in 2019), the 4,179th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,457th in 2019) and the 137th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Heymann Steinthal ranks 1,076 out of 1,267. Before him are Joseph Raz, Johann Eduard Erdmann, Karl Ludwig von Haller, Camillo Berneri, Anna Tumarkin, and Paul Kurtz. After him are P. C. Chang, Adolf Grünbaum, Mario Tronti, Amina Wadud, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet, and Josef Pieper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Heymann Steinthal ranks 57. Before him are Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Friedrich von Esmarch, Mary Surratt, Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Lascăr Catargiu, and Oscar Dickson. After him are Charlotte Mary Yonge, Emilio Arrieta, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Eduard Oscar Schmidt, John Evans, and Daniel Harrwitz. Among people deceased in 1899, Heymann Steinthal ranks 60. Before him are Jovan Ristić, Max Lange, Emil Welti, Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann, Lascăr Catargiu, and Constant Fornerod. After him are Ernest Renshaw, Johann Köler, Robert G. Ingersoll, Jacob Maris, Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn, and Zsófia Torma.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heymann Steinthal ranks 4,179 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Kreis (1873), Magnus Manske (1974), Bernd Patzke (1943), Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp (1569), Princess Pilar of Bavaria (1891), and Wilhelm Bauer (1822). After him are Sophie Menter (1846), Fritz Julius Kuhn (1896), Despina Vandi (1969), Fritz Noether (1884), Klaus Doldinger (1936), and Anna Hübler (1885).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Heymann Steinthal ranks 137. Before him are Hermann Gunkel (1862), Justus Möser (1720), Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796), Joachim Camerarius (1500), Max Dessoir (1867), and Georg Anton Friedrich Ast (1778). After him are Adolf Grünbaum (1923), Josef Pieper (1904), Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster (1869), Friedrich Eduard Beneke (1798), Martin Chemnitz (1522), and Friedrich Gogarten (1887).

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