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Nicephorus Gregoras

1295 - 1360

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Nicephorus Gregoras (; Greek: Νικηφόρος Γρηγορᾶς, Nikēphoros Grēgoras; c. 1295 – 1360) was a Byzantine Greek astronomer, historian, and theologian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicephorus Gregoras has received more than 69,297 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Nicephorus Gregoras is the 374th most popular philosopher (up from 393rd in 2019), the 306th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 374th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Nicephorus Gregoras was a Byzantine historian who is most famous for his history of the Byzantine Empire, "History of the Byzantine Empire."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nicephorus Gregoras ranks 374 out of 1,267. Before him are John Searle, Nasir Khusraw, Francis Hutcheson, Jean Gerson, Gershom Scholem, and Richard Avenarius. After him are Leo Strauss, Ágnes Heller, Gennadius Scholarius, Hilary Putnam, Masanobu Fukuoka, and John of Salisbury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1295, Nicephorus Gregoras ranks 4. Before him are Saint Roch, Jean Buridan, and Isabella of France. After him are Henry Suso, Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, Catherine of Austria, Duchess of Calabria, and Nicholas Orsini. Among people deceased in 1360, Nicephorus Gregoras ranks 1. After him are Joan I, Countess of Auvergne, John Koukouzelis, Qulpa, Ludovico I Gonzaga, David IX of Georgia, Ismail II of Granada, Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg, and Nawruz Beg.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Nicephorus Gregoras ranks 306 out of 1,347. Before him are İbrahim Tatlıses (1952), Mehmet Ali Ağca (1958), Sostratus of Cnidus (-290), Onesimus (1), Nectarios of Aegina (1846), and Şehzade Mehmed (1605). After him are Gennadius Scholarius (1400), Alexander Balas (-150), Kaya Sultan (1633), Ephorus (-400), Agnes of Antioch (1153), and Eutyches (380).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Nicephorus Gregoras ranks 26. Before him are Heraclides Ponticus (-385), Priscus (410), Alexander of Aphrodisias (200), Gemistus Pletho (1355), Thrasymachus (-459), and Strato of Lampsacus (-335). After him are Gennadius Scholarius (1400), Eubulides (-500), George Pachymeres (1242), Themistius (317), Metrodorus of Lampsacus (-331), and Manuel Chrysoloras (1355).

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