1884 - 1978
Étienne Henri Gilson (French: [ʒilsɔ̃]; 13 June 1884 – 19 September 1978) was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy. A scholar of medieval philosophy, he originally specialised in the thought of Descartes; he also philosophized in the tradition of Thomas Aquinas, although he did not consider himself a neo-Thomist philosopher. In 1946 he attained the distinction of being elected an "Immortal" (member) of the Académie française. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne Gilson has received more than 225,993 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Étienne Gilson is the 428th most popular philosopher (down from 415th in 2019), the 1,287th most popular biography from France (down from 1,205th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular French Philosopher.
Gilson is most famous for his work on medieval philosophy. He was a professor at the Sorbonne and wrote many books about medieval philosophy.
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Among philosophers, Étienne Gilson ranks 428 out of 1,081. Before him are Chantal Mouffe, Richard Avenarius, Franciscus Patricius, Emmanuel Mounier, Ge Hong, and Michel de Certeau. After him are Damascius, Eudemus of Rhodes, Hunayn ibn Ishaq, Adolf von Harnack, Hans Reichenbach, and Francisco Ferrer.
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 422
1843 - 1896
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 423
1529 - 1597
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 424
1905 - 1950
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 425
284 - 364
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 426
1925 - 1986
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 427
1884 - 1978
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 428
480 - 550
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 429
370 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 430
809 - 873
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 431
1851 - 1930
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 432
1891 - 1953
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 433
1859 - 1909
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 434
Among people born in 1884, Étienne Gilson ranks 38. Before him are Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Panait Istrati, Otto Rank, Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh, and Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Petru Groza, Robert J. Flaherty, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Empress Teimei, Louis B. Mayer, and Hugo Gernsback. Among people deceased in 1978, Étienne Gilson ranks 37. Before him are Jomo Kenyatta, Nazli Sabri, Ed Wood, Harvey Milk, József Bozsik, and Tamara Karsavina. After him are Keith Moon, Charles Boyer, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Roger Caillois, Burt Munro, and Georgi Markov.
1884 - 1945
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 32
1884 - 1965
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 33
1884 - 1935
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 34
1884 - 1939
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 35
1884 - 1955
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 36
1884 - 1954
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 37
1884 - 1978
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 38
1884 - 1958
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 39
1884 - 1951
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 40
1884 - 1976
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 41
1884 - 1951
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 42
1884 - 1957
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 43
1884 - 1967
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 44
1893 - 1978
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 31
1894 - 1978
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 32
1924 - 1978
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 33
1930 - 1978
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 34
1925 - 1978
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 35
1885 - 1978
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 36
1884 - 1978
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 37
1946 - 1978
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 38
1899 - 1978
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 39
1897 - 1978
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 40
1913 - 1978
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 41
1899 - 1978
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 42
1929 - 1978
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 43
Among people born in France, Étienne Gilson ranks 1,287 out of 6,011. Before him are Michel de Certeau (1925), Henri, Count of Paris (1908), Jean-Marc Nattier (1685), Jean-Pierre Serre (1926), Camille Jordan (1838), and John III of Navarre (1477). After him are Philipp Spener (1635), Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (1334), Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827), B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), Georges Duby (1919), and Louis, Count of Vermandois (1667).
1925 - 1986
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 1,281
1908 - 1999
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 1,282
1685 - 1766
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 1,283
1926 - Present
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 1,284
1838 - 1922
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 1,285
1477 - 1516
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 1,286
1884 - 1978
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 1,287
1635 - 1705
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 1,288
1334 - 1383
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 1,289
1827 - 1875
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 1,290
1895 - 1970
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 1,291
1919 - 1996
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 1,292
1667 - 1683
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 1,293
Among philosophers born in France, Étienne Gilson ranks 62. Before him are Ernest Gellner (1925), Vincent of Beauvais (1190), Maine de Biran (1766), Richard Avenarius (1843), Emmanuel Mounier (1905), and Michel de Certeau (1925). After him are Michel Serres (1930), Alain de Benoist (1943), Petrus Ramus (1515), Pierre Duhem (1861), William of Champeaux (1070), and Antoine Destutt de Tracy (1754).
1925 - 1995
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 56
1190 - 1264
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 57
1766 - 1824
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 58
1843 - 1896
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 59
1905 - 1950
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 60
1925 - 1986
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 61
1884 - 1978
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 62
1930 - 2019
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 63
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 64
1515 - 1572
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 65
1861 - 1916
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 66
1070 - 1121
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 67
1754 - 1836
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 68