PHILOSOPHER

Johann Reuchlin

1455 - 1522

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Johann Reuchlin (German: [ˈjoːhan ˈʁɔʏçlɪn]; 29 January 1455 – 30 June 1522), sometimes called Johannes, was a German Catholic humanist and a scholar of Greek and Hebrew, whose work also took him to modern-day Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and France. Most of Reuchlin's career centered on advancing German knowledge of Greek and Hebrew. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Reuchlin is the 265th most popular philosopher (up from 290th in 2019), the 588th most popular biography from Germany (up from 611th in 2019) and the 38th most popular German Philosopher.

Johann Reuchlin is most famous for his work with Hebrew texts and his promotion of Hebrew as a literary language.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Johann Reuchlin ranks 265 out of 1,267. Before him are Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Euclid of Megara, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Marsilius of Padua, Nicole Oresme, and François Fénelon. After him are Pat Robertson, Vladimir Solovyov, Paramahansa Yogananda, Sebastian Brant, Raymond Aron, and Ivan Illich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1455, Johann Reuchlin ranks 3. Before him are John, King of Denmark, and John II of Portugal. After him are Sophia Palaiologina, Andrea Gritti, Ascanio Sforza, John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, George, Duke of Bavaria, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, and Jean Hey. Among people deceased in 1522, Johann Reuchlin ranks 1. After him are Piero di Cosimo, Anne of France, Piero Soderini, Margarita Luti, Antonio de Nebrija, Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, Alain I of Albret, Ramón de Cardona, Johannes Werner, and Hans von Kulmbach.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Reuchlin ranks 588 out of 7,253. Before him are Cunigunde of Luxembourg (978), Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668), Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792), Jakob Fugger (1459), Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687), and August Bebel (1840). After him are Karl Schwarzschild (1873), Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (1727), Robert the Strong (900), Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839), Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804), and Lion Feuchtwanger (1884).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Johann Reuchlin ranks 38. Before him are Rudolf Carnap (1891), Moses Mendelssohn (1729), Ernst Bloch (1885), Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743), Franz Brentano (1838), and Adam Weishaupt (1748). After him are Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), Hans Jonas (1903), Rudolf Bultmann (1884), Bruno Bauer (1809), Moritz Schlick (1882), and Hugh of Saint Victor (1096).

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