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PHILOSOPHER

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 38,531 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Heymann Steinthal is the 958th most popular philosopher (down from 903rd in 2019), the 3,461st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,018th in 2019) and the 117th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Heymann Steinthal ranks 958 out of 1,081Before him are Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Clémence Royer, Alfonso Reyes, Dominicus Gundissalinus, Phaenias of Eresus, and Susan George. After him are Dimitri Kitsikis, Stanisław Staszic, Alexander Men, Ecphantus the Pythagorean, Ram Dass, and Jaimini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Heymann Steinthal ranks 49Before him are Mary Surratt, Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Friedrich von Esmarch, Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville, and José María Iglesias. After him are Jules Émile Planchon, Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Karl Schenk, Ivan Aksakov, Oscar Dickson, and Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst. Among people deceased in 1899, Heymann Steinthal ranks 45Before him are Henry Becque, Wilhelm Jordan, George Averoff, Gaston Tissandier, José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, and Antonio Guzmán Blanco. After him are Ulises Heureaux, Mór Than, James Paget, Juliusz Kossak, Jovan Ristić, and Juan Luna.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heymann Steinthal ranks 3,461 out of 6,142Before him are Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal (1655), Adolf Martens (1850), Robert Hübner (1948), Rolf Hoppe (1930), Frank Schwalba-Hoth (1952), and Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1683). After him are Carl Blechen (1798), Hermann Wissmann (1853), Herbert Norkus (1916), August Leopold Crelle (1780), Walter Braunfels (1882), and Jean Cabanis (1816).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Heymann Steinthal ranks 117Before him are Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (1802), Albrecht Ritschl (1822), Leo Löwenthal (1900), Gabriel Biel (1418), Carl Dahlhaus (1928), and Rudolf Stammler (1856). After him are Josef Pieper (1904), Friedrich Paulsen (1846), Robert Spaemann (1927), Wilhelm Gesenius (1786), Rüdiger Safranski (1945), and Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster (1869).