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PHILOSOPHER

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 119,735 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Cantius is the 739th most popular philosopher, the 489th most popular biography from Poland and the 19th most popular Polish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, John Cantius ranks 739 out of 1,081Before him are Michel Marcel Navratil, Julius Pollux, Albert of Saxony, Hecataeus of Abdera, Arnold Ruge, and Anniceris. After him are Henry More, Paul de Lagarde, Lucian Blaga, Motoori Norinaga, Sarada Devi, and Vladimir Jankélévitch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1390, John Cantius ranks 9Before him are João Gonçalves Zarco, John Dunstaple, Elizabeth of Görlitz, Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, and Contessina de' Bardi. After him are Álvaro de Luna, 1st Duke of Trujillo, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, Petr Chelčický, Bengt Jönsson, Al-Musta'in, and Cristoforo Moro. Among people deceased in 1473, John Cantius ranks 5Before him are Gennadius Scholarius, James II of Cyprus, Contessina de' Bardi, and Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Giorgio da Sebenico and Nicolò Tron.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, John Cantius ranks 489 out of 1,454Before him are Karl Gützlaff (1803), Krakus (null), Wanda Wasilewska (1905), Marek Grechuta (1945), Jan Gotlib Bloch (1836), and Duchess Frederica of Württemberg (1765). After him are Kazys Grinius (1866), Hagen Kleinert (1941), Zygmunt Berling (1896), Władysław Czartoryski (1828), Yehuda Ashlag (1886), and Ewa Kopacz (1956).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Poland

Among philosophers born in Poland, John Cantius ranks 19Before him are Leszek Kołakowski (1927), Chaïm Perelman (1912), Roman Ingarden (1893), Florian Znaniecki (1882), Johannes Bugenhagen (1485), and Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928). After him are Symon Budny (1530), Kuno Fischer (1824), Franz Neumann (1900), Józef Maria Bocheński (1902), Leo Baeck (1873), and Stanisław Staszic (1755).