1821 - 1898
Karl Gustav Adolf Knies (29 March 1821 – 3 August 1898) was a German economist of the historical school of economics, best known as the author of Political Economy from the Standpoint of the Historical Method (1853). Knies taught at the University of Heidelberg for over 30 years, and was perhaps the most theoretically oriented economist of the older historical school.Like others in the German historical school, Knies disliked the attitudes of the "classical school" (Adam Smith, David Ricardo, and their followers), particularly their belief that the pursuit of individual self-interest redounded to the good of the community. In his Political Economy, p. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Knies has received more than 44,173 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Knies is the 281st most popular economist, the 3,995th most popular biography from Germany and the 32nd most popular German Economist.
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Among economists, Karl Knies ranks 281 out of 315. Before him are Max O. Lorenz, Esther Duflo, Nouriel Roubini, Robert Barro, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, and Fakhruddin Ahmed. After him are Michael Kremer, Seth Godin, Lawrence Summers, Shoshana Zuboff, Anna Schwartz, and Alice Salomon.
1876 - 1959
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 275
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 276
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 277
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 278
1927 - 2005
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 279
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 280
1821 - 1898
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 281
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 282
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 283
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 284
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 285
1915 - 2012
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 286
1872 - 1948
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 287
Among people born in 1821, Karl Knies ranks 78. Before him are Charles Francis Hall, Apollon Maykov, John Abbott, Janko Matúška, Michel Carré, and Jane Wilde. After him are Joseph Noel Paton, Jan van Beers, Juan Bautista Topete, Robert O'Hara Burke, Amalie Dietrich, and Charles Tupper. Among people deceased in 1898, Karl Knies ranks 58. Before him are Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, Miklós Barabás, Adolfo Farsari, Louis Buffet, Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, and Matilda Joslyn Gage. After him are Johan Lange, Ángel Ganivet, Ramón Emeterio Betances, Eli Lilly, Joaquín Crespo, and John Hopkinson.
1821 - 1871
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 72
1821 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 73
1821 - 1893
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 74
1821 - 1877
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 75
1821 - 1872
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 76
1821 - 1896
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 77
1821 - 1898
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 78
1821 - 1901
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 79
1821 - 1888
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 80
1821 - 1885
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 81
1821 - 1861
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 82
1821 - 1891
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 83
1821 - 1915
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 84
1817 - 1898
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 52
1810 - 1898
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 53
1841 - 1898
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 54
1818 - 1898
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 55
1834 - 1898
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 56
1826 - 1898
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 57
1821 - 1898
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 58
1818 - 1898
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 59
1865 - 1898
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 60
1827 - 1898
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 61
1838 - 1898
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 62
1841 - 1898
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 63
1849 - 1898
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 64
Among people born in Germany, Karl Knies ranks 3,995 out of 6,142. Before him are Max Lorenz (1901), Rudi Assauer (1944), Paul Pietsch (1911), J. C. Leyendecker (1874), Emil Welti (1825), and Ignaz von Rudhart (1790). After him are Adolf Urban (1914), Bernd Storck (1963), Carl Sternheim (1878), Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen (1803), Bernard Dietz (1948), and Sabine Meyer (1959).
1901 - 1975
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 3,989
1944 - 2019
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 3,990
1911 - 2012
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 3,991
1874 - 1951
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 3,992
1825 - 1899
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 3,993
1790 - 1838
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 3,994
1821 - 1898
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 3,995
1914 - 1943
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 3,996
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 3,997
1878 - 1942
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 3,998
1803 - 1890
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 3,999
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 4,000
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 4,001
Among economists born in Germany, Karl Knies ranks 32. Before him are Étienne Laspeyres (1834), Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher (1817), Georg Friedrich Knapp (1842), Theodore Levitt (1925), Jörg Meuthen (1961), and Wilhelm Lexis (1837). After him are Alice Salomon (1872), W. Michael Blumenthal (1926), Andreas Kaplan (1977), and Ludwig Lachmann (1906).
1834 - 1913
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 26
1817 - 1894
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 27
1842 - 1926
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 28
1925 - 2006
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 29
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 30
1837 - 1914
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 31
1821 - 1898
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 32
1872 - 1948
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 33
1926 - Present
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 34
1977 - Present
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 35
1906 - 1990
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 36