810 - 877
John Scotus Eriugena, also known as Johannes Scotus Erigena, John the Scot, or John the Irish-born (c. 800 – c. 877) was an Irish Neoplatonist philosopher, theologian and poet of the Early Middle Ages. Bertrand Russell dubbed him "the most astonishing person of the ninth century". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Scotus Eriugena has received more than 374,903 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). John Scotus Eriugena is the 191st most popular philosopher (down from 176th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Ireland and the 2nd most popular Irish Philosopher.
John Scotus Eriugena is most famous for his work "Periphyseon" which is a commentary on the "Divine Names" of Pseudo-Dionysius.
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Among philosophers, John Scotus Eriugena ranks 191 out of 1,081. Before him are Sextus Empiricus, Athanasius Kircher, Melissus of Samos, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Ernest Renan, and Pierre Bayle. After him are Nicolas Malebranche, Xun Kuang, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Marquis de Condorcet, Georgi Plekhanov, and George Herbert Mead.
160 - 210
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 185
1602 - 1680
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 186
470 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 187
500 - 510
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 188
1823 - 1892
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 189
1647 - 1706
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 190
810 - 877
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 191
1638 - 1715
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 192
313 BC - 238 BC
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 193
1881 - 1955
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 194
1743 - 1794
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 195
1856 - 1918
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 196
1863 - 1931
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 197
Among people born in 810, John Scotus Eriugena ranks 4. Before him are Muhammad al-Bukhari, Abbas ibn Firnas, and Pope Benedict III. After him are Halfdan the Black, Kenneth MacAlpin, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, Kassia, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Hastein, García Íñiguez of Pamplona, and Eulogius of Córdoba. Among people deceased in 877, John Scotus Eriugena ranks 3. Before him are Charles the Bald and Halfdan Ragnarsson. After him are Causantín mac Cináeda, Ignatios of Constantinople, and Jayavarman III.
810 - 870
HPI: 78.45
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810 - 887
HPI: 69.63
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810 - 858
HPI: 69.42
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810 - 877
HPI: 68.78
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810 - 860
HPI: 63.68
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810 - 858
HPI: 63.43
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810 - 860
HPI: 60.59
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810 - 865
HPI: 59.67
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810 - 859
HPI: 58.98
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810 - 896
HPI: 58.56
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810 - 882
HPI: 57.68
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810 - 859
HPI: 55.66
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823 - 877
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900 - 877
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810 - 877
HPI: 68.78
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836 - 877
HPI: 60.47
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797 - 877
HPI: 59.31
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800 - 877
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Among people born in Ireland, John Scotus Eriugena ranks 16 out of 501. Before him are Pierce Brosnan (1953), Bram Stoker (1847), Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769), William Rowan Hamilton (1805), Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), and Francis Bacon (1909). After him are Richard Harris (1930), Anne Bonny (1702), W. B. Yeats (1865), Ernest Shackleton (1874), Laurence Sterne (1713), and Enya (1961).
1953 - Present
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 10
1847 - 1912
HPI: 71.15
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1769 - 1852
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1805 - 1865
HPI: 69.57
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1819 - 1903
HPI: 69.48
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1909 - 1992
HPI: 68.97
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810 - 877
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1930 - 2002
HPI: 68.74
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1702 - 1782
HPI: 68.37
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1865 - 1939
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 19
1874 - 1922
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 20
1713 - 1768
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 21
1961 - Present
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 22
Among philosophers born in Ireland, John Scotus Eriugena ranks 2. Before him are George Berkeley (1685). After him are John Toland (1670), James Ussher (1581), G. E. M. Anscombe (1919), and William Thompson (1775).
1685 - 1753
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 1
810 - 877
HPI: 68.78
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1670 - 1722
HPI: 59.44
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1581 - 1656
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 4
1919 - 2001
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 5
1775 - 1833
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 6