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PHILOSOPHER

Vincent of Beauvais

1190 - 1264

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Vincent of Beauvais (Latin: Vincentius Bellovacensis or Vincentius Burgundus; c. 1184/1194 – c. 1264) was a Dominican friar at the Cistercian monastery of Royaumont Abbey, France. He is known mostly for his Speculum Maius (Great mirror), a major work of compilation that was widely read in the Middle Ages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vincent of Beauvais has received more than 220,547 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Vincent of Beauvais is the 415th most popular philosopher (up from 452nd in 2019), the 1,238th most popular biography from France (up from 1,344th in 2019) and the 57th most popular French Philosopher.

Vincent of Beauvais was a medieval scholar and theologian who is most famous for his encyclopedia, the Speculum Maius.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Vincent of Beauvais ranks 415 out of 1,081. Before him are Ban Zhao, Boetius of Dacia, Alain de Lille, Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Bernard of Chartres, and Ernest Gellner. After him are Carl Gustav Hempel, Ernesto Laclau, Leszek Kołakowski, Maine de Biran, Buddhaghosa, and Peter Sloterdijk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1190, Vincent of Beauvais ranks 4. Before him are Pope Clement IV, Sorghaghtani Beki, and Sundiata Keita. After him are Jordan of Saxony, Maria of Brabant, Holy Roman Empress, Władysław Odonic, Theodora Angelina, Theobald VI, Count of Blois, and Indravarman II. Among people deceased in 1264, Vincent of Beauvais ranks 3. Before him are Pope Urban IV and Daniel of Galicia. After him are Emperor Lizong, Treniota, Rostislav Mikhailovich, Andrey II of Vladimir, and Gonzalo de Berceo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Vincent of Beauvais ranks 1,238 out of 6,011. Before him are Ernest Gellner (1925), René Thom (1923), Francis I, Duke of Lorraine (1517), Jaufre Rudel (1125), André Masson (1896), and Pierre Bouguer (1698). After him are André Antoine (1858), Cléo de Mérode (1875), Madeleine de Scudéry (1607), Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653), Rudolph III of Burgundy (971), and Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (1753).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Vincent of Beauvais ranks 57. Before him are Pierre d'Ailly (1350), Maurice Halbwachs (1877), Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais (1782), Étienne Cabet (1788), Alain de Lille (1117), and Ernest Gellner (1925). After him are Maine de Biran (1766), Richard Avenarius (1843), Emmanuel Mounier (1905), Michel de Certeau (1925), Étienne Gilson (1884), and Michel Serres (1930).

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