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Jacobus Arminius

1560 - 1609

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Jacobus Arminius (; Dutch: Jakob Hermanszoon ; 10 October 1560 – 19 October 1609) was a Dutch Reformed minister and theologian during the Protestant Reformation period whose views became the basis of Arminianism and the Dutch Remonstrant movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacobus Arminius has received more than 453,444 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Jacobus Arminius is the 315th most popular philosopher (down from 307th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 95th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Philosopher.

Jacobus Arminius was a Dutch theologian and minister who was born in 1560. He was a student of Theodore Beza, and he became a professor of theology at the University of Leiden. Arminius is most famous for being the father of the Remonstrant movement.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jacobus Arminius ranks 315 out of 1,267. Before him are Giovanni Gentile, Félix Guattari, Carl Gustav Hempel, Rudolf Bultmann, Ram Mohan Roy, and Nicolai Hartmann. After him are Gemistus Pletho, Judith Butler, Alfred Schütz, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Alfred Tarski, and Lucien Lévy-Bruhl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1560, Jacobus Arminius ranks 4. Before him are Elizabeth Báthory, Annibale Carracci, and Thomas Harriot. After him are Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Gaspard Bauhin, Thomas Cavendish, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Juan Sánchez Cotán, Anton Praetorius, and Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. Among people deceased in 1609, Jacobus Arminius ranks 5. Before him are Annibale Carracci, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Joseph Justus Scaliger. After him are Federico Zuccari, Gasparo da Salò, John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Yi San-hae, Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, and John Leonardi.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jacobus Arminius ranks 105 out of 1,646. Before him are Carel Fabritius (1622), Joris Ivens (1898), Norbert of Xanten (1080), Leo Beenhakker (1942), Multatuli (1820), and Herman Boerhaave (1668). After him are Kees van Dongen (1877), Marinus van der Lubbe (1909), Jan van Goyen (1596), Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562), William II of Holland (1228), and Hendrick Avercamp (1585).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Netherlands

Among philosophers born in Netherlands, Jacobus Arminius ranks 3. Before him are Erasmus (1466), and Baruch Spinoza (1632). After him are Rodolphus Agricola (1443), Jacob Moleschott (1822), Dirck Coornhert (1522), Bas van Fraassen (1941), Marsilius of Inghen (1335), and Thomas van Erpe (1584).

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