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Titus Burckhardt

1908 - 1984

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Titus Burckhardt (24 October 1908 – 15 January 1984) was a Swiss writer and a leading member of the Perennialist or Traditionalist School. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Titus Burckhardt has received more than 160,193 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Titus Burckhardt is the 3,014th most popular writer, the 2,713th most popular biography from Italy and the 179th most popular Italian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sacred art in East and West
Art and religion, Philosophy, Art
1967
An introduction to Sufi doctrine
Sufism
1959
An Introduction to Sufism
Sufism, Mysticism, Islam
1990
Maurische Kultur in Spanien
Arabs, Civilization, Civilization, Islamic
1972
Mirror of the intellect
Theology, Mythology, Islam
1987
Alchemie, Sinn und Weltbild
Alchemy
1960

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Titus Burckhardt ranks 3,014 out of 7,302. Before him are Lars Norén, Nathan Alterman, Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Caroline Graham, Anšlavs Eglītis, and Thomas of Britain. After him are Michel Ocelot, Juan Gelman, Åsa Larsson, Bo Carpelan, Antoninus Liberalis, and Marius Maximus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Titus Burckhardt ranks 161. Before him are Juan Botasso, Bengt Strömgren, Jack Williamson, Olga Benário Prestes, Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, and Gioacchino Guaragna. After him are Luis Regueiro, William Hartnell, Nikolay Nosov, Baby Face Nelson, Fritz Fischer, and Virginia Cherrill. Among people deceased in 1984, Titus Burckhardt ranks 108. Before him are Knut Nordahl, Paul Ben-Haim, Jüri Lossmann, Jorge Guillén, Sergei Salnikov, and Richard E. Bellman. After him are Giuseppe Colombo, Blagoje Marjanović, Gino Bianco, John Marley, Fazıl Küçük, and Maximilian Fretter-Pico.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Titus Burckhardt ranks 2,713 out of 5,161. Before him are Daniele Barbaro (1513), Gasparo Contarini (1483), Giangiacomo Feltrinelli (1926), Aristotele Fioravanti (1415), Maria Carta (1934), and Marcia Otacilia Severa (300). After him are Laura Biagiotti (1943), Antonio Ascari (1888), Federico Commandino (1509), Alice (1954), Joseph the Hymnographer (816), and Marco Cornaro (1285).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Titus Burckhardt ranks 179. Before him are Bernardo Dovizi (1470), Valerio Massimo Manfredi (1942), Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532), Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso (1808), Silvio Pellico (1789), and Gasparo Contarini (1483). After him are Félix Fénéon (1861), Antonio Fogazzaro (1842), Susanna Tamaro (1957), Luigi Alamanni (1495), Salimbene di Adam (1221), and Erri De Luca (1950).

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