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PHILOSOPHER

Thomas Arnold

1795 - 1842

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Thomas Arnold (13 June 1795 – 12 June 1842) was an English educator and historian. He was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement. As headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841, he introduced several reforms that were widely copied by other noted public schools. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Arnold has received more than 302,677 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Arnold is the 834th most popular philosopher (down from 700th in 2019), the 2,028th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,607th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular British Philosopher.

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  • 21

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Thomas Arnold ranks 834 out of 1,081Before him are Ferenc Dávid, Gregory of Tatev, Apollodorus the Epicurean, Alain Finkielkraut, Matthias Bel, and Paul de Man. After him are Alcidamas, Syrianus, Albinus, Menedemus, Józef Maria Bocheński, and Denis Pétau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Thomas Arnold ranks 33Before him are Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, Antoine-Louis Barye, Charles Barry, Anton Schindler, Dingane kaSenzangakhona, and Policarpa Salavarrieta. After him are Ghazi Muhammad, Arthur Morin, James Barry, Karl Eichwald, Carl Anton von Meyer, and James Braid. Among people deceased in 1842, Thomas Arnold ranks 23Before him are Wojciech Żywny, Francisco Morazán, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Pierre Joseph Pelletier, Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo, and Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley. After him are Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, Pierre Baillot, Shah Shujah Durrani, Robert Smith, and Leona Vicario.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Arnold ranks 2,028 out of 7,765Before him are Charlie Hunnam (1980), Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), Quentin Skinner (1940), David C. H. Austin (1926), and Arthur Hughes (1832). After him are Billy Wright (1924), Frederick Abberline (1843), George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (1946), Saint Alban (300), Lily Collins (1989), and John Profumo (1915).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Arnold ranks 53Before him are Stephen Toulmin (1922), Raymond Williams (1921), Perry Anderson (1938), Anne Conway (1631), Philippa Foot (1920), and Charles Kay Ogden (1889). After him are F. H. Bradley (1846), Michael Dummett (1925), J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), Samuel Clarke (1675), Frederick Copleston (1907), and John Hick (1922).