PHILOSOPHER

Johan Vilhelm Snellman

1806 - 1881

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Johan Vilhelm Snellman (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjuːhɑn ˈvilːhelm ˈsnelːmɑn] ; 12 May 1806 – 4 July 1881) was an influential Fennoman philosopher and Finnish statesman, ennobled in 1866. He was one of the most important 'awakeners' or promoters of Finnish nationalism, alongside Elias Lönnrot and J. L. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Vilhelm Snellman has received more than 111,301 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Johan Vilhelm Snellman is the 592nd most popular philosopher (up from 640th in 2019), the 247th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 275th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Philosopher.

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Over the past year Johan Vilhelm Snellman has had the most page views in the with 56,020 views, followed by English (18,407), and Turkish (12,847). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (334.14%), Ido (125.63%), and Persian (81.73%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Johan Vilhelm Snellman ranks 592 out of 1,267Before him are Étienne Balibar, André Gorz, Zisi, Luis de Molina, Nancy Fraser, and Karl Christian Friedrich Krause. After him are Myson of Chenae, Yang Zhu, Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, Bardaisan, Aeschines of Sphettus, and Arne Næss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Johan Vilhelm Snellman ranks 17Before him are William Webb Ellis, Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, Charles Gleyre, and Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle. After him are Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse, Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, Duchenne de Boulogne, Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Antoine Wiertz, and John A. Roebling. Among people deceased in 1881, Johan Vilhelm Snellman ranks 24Before him are Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Theobald Boehm, Hermann Lotze, Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Eduard Heine, and Prince Frederick of the Netherlands. After him are Ludwig von Benedek, Archduchess Clementina of Austria, Sophia Perovskaya, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Joseph Škoda.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Johan Vilhelm Snellman ranks 247 out of 1,879Before him are John Ericsson (1803), Camilla Läckberg (1974), Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (1592), Lennart Bernadotte (1909), Árni Magnússon (1663), and Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (1889). After him are Anna of Sweden (1545), Gunnar Björnstrand (1909), Jan Guillou (1944), Johannes Magnus (1488), Yngwie Malmsteen (1963), and Per Brahe the Younger (1602).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Sweden

Among philosophers born in Sweden, Johan Vilhelm Snellman ranks 2Before him are Emanuel Swedenborg (1688). After him are Lars Gustafsson (1936), Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585), Sara Danius (1962), and Nick Bostrom (1973).