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Petrus Ramus

1515 - 1572

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Petrus Ramus (French: Pierre de La Ramée; Anglicized as Peter Ramus ; 1515 – 26 August 1572) was a French humanist, logician, and educational reformer. A Protestant convert, he was a victim of the St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petrus Ramus has received more than 182,260 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Petrus Ramus is the 441st most popular philosopher (up from 452nd in 2019), the 1,308th most popular biography from France (up from 1,366th in 2019) and the 61st most popular French Philosopher.

Petrus Ramus was a French philosopher and scholar who was most famous for his work on humanism.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Petrus Ramus ranks 441 out of 1,267. Before him are Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Giles of Rome, Ernest Gellner, Francisco Ferrer, Emmanuel Mounier, and Thomas Cajetan. After him are Johannes Althusius, Diogenes of Babylon, Ernesto Laclau, Theodorus the Atheist, Arnobius, and John Toland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1515, Petrus Ramus ranks 10. Before him are Philip Neri, Lucas Cranach the Younger, Injong of Joseon, Mary of Guise, Pierre Lescot, and Piali Pasha. After him are Sebastian Castellio, Cipriano de Rore, Felix of Cantalice, Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, and Johann Weyer. Among people deceased in 1572, Petrus Ramus ranks 15. Before him are Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Isaac Luria, Longqing Emperor, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Miguel López de Legazpi, and François Clouet. After him are Archduchess Barbara of Austria, Jean Goujon, Ippolito II d'Este, Claude Goudimel, Moses Isserles, and Petar Hektorović.

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In France

Among people born in France, Petrus Ramus ranks 1,308 out of 6,770. Before him are Anne L'Huillier (1958), Jane Frances de Chantal (1572), Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767), Antoine François Prévost (1697), and Bernard Buffet (1928). After him are Capucine (1928), Maria Schneider (1952), Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), François Pinault (1936), Antoine, Duke of Montpensier (1824), and Chevalier d'Éon (1728).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Petrus Ramus ranks 61. Before him are Alain de Benoist (1943), Pierre d'Ailly (1350), Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (1460), Antoine Destutt de Tracy (1754), Ernest Gellner (1925), and Emmanuel Mounier (1905). After him are Maine de Biran (1766), Michel Serres (1930), Victor Cousin (1792), Michel de Certeau (1925), Vincent of Beauvais (1190), and Jean-Luc Nancy (1940).

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