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John Cantius

1390 - 1473

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John Cantius (Latin: Joannes Cantius; Polish: Jan z Kęt or Jan Kanty; 23 June 1390 – 24 December 1473) was a Polish Catholic priest, scholastic philosopher, physicist and theologian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Cantius has received more than 132,479 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John Cantius is the 720th most popular philosopher (up from 739th in 2019), the 471st most popular biography from Poland (up from 489th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Polish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, John Cantius ranks 720 out of 1,267. Before him are Aedesia, Arnold Ruge, Fulbert of Chartres, Lie Yukou, Gilbert Ryle, and David the Invincible. After him are Isaac Israeli ben Solomon, Anton Wilhelm Amo, Émile Boutroux, Richard of Saint Victor, Thomas Hill Green, and Robert Filmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1390, John Cantius ranks 7. Before him are Rogier van der Weyden, La Hire, João Gonçalves Zarco, John Dunstaple, Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, and Elizabeth of Görlitz. After him are Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Al-Musta'in, Álvaro de Luna, 1st Duke of Trujillo, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, Bengt Jönsson, and Petr Chelčický. Among people deceased in 1473, John Cantius ranks 5. Before him are Gennadius Scholarius, Kerei Khan, Giorgio da Sebenico, and Nikolaus Gerhaert. After him are James II of Cyprus, Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine, Contessina de' Bardi, and Nicolò Tron.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, John Cantius ranks 471 out of 1,694. Before him are Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1734), Paul Wegener (1874), Maria Konopnicka (1842), Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1734), Jerzy Dudek (1973), and Nahum Sokolow (1859). After him are Cyprian Norwid (1821), Ryszard Siwiec (1909), Walther von Lüttwitz (1859), Elisabeth Hevelius (1647), Zawisza Czarny (1379), and Beata Tyszkiewicz (1938).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Poland

Among philosophers born in Poland, John Cantius ranks 19. Before him are Leszek Kołakowski (1927), Chaïm Perelman (1912), Roman Ingarden (1893), Kuno Fischer (1824), Johannes Bugenhagen (1485), and Florian Znaniecki (1882). After him are Symon Budny (1530), Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928), Franz Neumann (1900), Józef Maria Bocheński (1902), Leo Baeck (1873), and Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907).

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