PHILOSOPHER

Wilhelm Gesenius

1786 - 1842

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Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius (3 February 1786 – 23 October 1842) was a German orientalist, lexicographer, Christian Hebraist, Lutheran theologian, Biblical scholar and critic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Gesenius has received more than 110,766 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Wilhelm Gesenius is the 1,038th most popular philosopher (down from 1,001st in 2019), the 3,951st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,673rd in 2019) and the 128th most popular German Philosopher.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.05

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  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Wilhelm Gesenius ranks 1,038 out of 1,267. Before him are Sopater of Apamea, Paul Deussen, Cercidas, Alexander Men, Ecphantus the Pythagorean, and Mary Daly. After him are Carl Dahlhaus, Theodor Benfey, Thrasyllus of Mendes, R. M. Hare, Phaenias of Eresus, and Damaris Cudworth Masham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, Wilhelm Gesenius ranks 44. Before him are Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol, Alexander Chavchavadze, José Joaquín Prieto, Sunthorn Phu, Andreas Metaxas, and Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov. After him are Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar, William R. King, Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, José María Vargas, Auguste de Montferrand, and Louis Vicat. Among people deceased in 1842, Wilhelm Gesenius ranks 30. Before him are Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, Robert Smith, Nodira, Thomas Arnold, and Shah Shujah Durrani. After him are Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Leona Vicario, Aleksey Koltsov, Henry Shrapnel, James Ivory, and Letitia Christian Tyler.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Gesenius ranks 3,951 out of 7,253. Before him are Bernd Schneider (1973), Johann Peter Salomon (1745), Grete Hermann (1901), Wilhelm Lexis (1837), Paul Pietsch (1911), and Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer (1782). After him are Edgar Reitz (1932), Marco Rose (1976), Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1560), Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels (1541), Peter Schenk the Elder (1660), and Leopold III, Prince of Lippe (1821).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Wilhelm Gesenius ranks 128. Before him are Heinrich Khunrath (1560), Friedrich Paulsen (1846), Robert Spaemann (1927), Hermann Usener (1834), August Böckh (1785), and Paul Deussen (1845). After him are Carl Dahlhaus (1928), Theodor Benfey (1809), Hermann Gunkel (1862), Justus Möser (1720), Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796), and Joachim Camerarius (1500).

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