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Theophan Prokopovich

1681 - 1736

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Theophan or Feofan Prokopovich (Russian: Феофан Прокопович; Ukrainian: Феофан Прокопович, romanized: Feofan Prokopovych; 18 June [O.S. 8 June] 1681 – 19 September [O.S. 8 September] 1736) was a Russian Orthodox bishop, theologian, pietist, writer, poet, mathematician, astronomer, pedagogue and philosopher of Ukrainian origin. He was the rector of the Academia Mohileana in Kiev (1711–1716), the bishop of Pskov (1718–1725), and the archbishop of Novgorod (1725–1736). Prokopovich elaborated upon and implemented Peter the Great's reform of the Russian Orthodox Church; he served as the first vice-president of the Most Holy Synod from 1721, which replaced the office of the patriarch. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theophan Prokopovich has received more than 63,994 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Theophan Prokopovich is the 686th most popular philosopher (up from 690th in 2019), the 288th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 284th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Ukrainian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Theophan Prokopovich ranks 686 out of 1,267. Before him are Anania Shirakatsi, Maximus of Tyre, Zhang Zai, Johannes Sturm, Zalmoxis, and Alexander Zinoviev. After him are Georges Politzer, Pyotr Lavrov, Alvin Plantinga, Hakuin Ekaku, François Bernier, and Mechthild of Magdeburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1681, Theophan Prokopovich ranks 5. Before him are Vitus Bering, Georg Philipp Telemann, Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, and Johann Mattheson. After him are Giulia Lama, Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough. Among people deceased in 1736, Theophan Prokopovich ranks 9. Before him are Prince Eugene of Savoy, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stephen Gray, Antonio Caldara, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, and Filippo Juvarra. After him are Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, Louise Diane d'Orléans, Caspar van Wittel, René Duguay-Trouin, Emanuele d'Astorga, and António Manoel de Vilhena.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Theophan Prokopovich ranks 288 out of 1,365. Before him are Efim Bogoljubov (1889), Efim Geller (1925), Boris Lyatoshinsky (1894), Irina Press (1939), Olena Zelenska (1978), and Zalmoxis (-713). After him are David Riazanov (1870), Vasyl Sukhomlynsky (1918), Shaul Tchernichovsky (1875), Maxim Berezovsky (1745), Sholem Schwarzbard (1886), and Ahad Ha'am (1856).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Ukraine

Among philosophers born in Ukraine, Theophan Prokopovich ranks 6. Before him are Nikolai Berdyaev (1874), Anacharsis (-700), Lev Shestov (1866), Bion of Borysthenes (-325), and Zalmoxis (-713). After him are Alexius Meinong (1853), Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841), Yuriy Drohobych (1450), Ber Borochov (1881), Hugo Kołłątaj (1750), and Georges Florovsky (1893).

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