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Abraham Isaac Kook

1865 - 1935

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Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק הַכֹּהֵן קוּק; 7 September 1865 – 1 September 1935), known as HaRav Kook, and also known by the Hebrew-language acronym Hara'ayah (הראי״ה), was an Orthodox rabbi, and the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine. He is considered to be one of the fathers of religious Zionism and is known for founding the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Isaac Kook is the 618th most popular philosopher (down from 529th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Latvia (down from 20th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Latvian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Abraham Isaac Kook ranks 618 out of 1,267. Before him are Cebes, Aeschines of Sphettus, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, Berengar of Tours, Friedrich Albert Lange, and Pietro d'Abano. After him are Dignāga, Arthur Danto, Metrodorus of Lampsacus, R. G. Collingwood, Roman Ingarden, and Maximus Planudes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Abraham Isaac Kook ranks 52. Before him are Yvette Guilbert, Rüdiger von der Goltz, Rainis, Rafael Merry del Val, Sabino Arana, and Princess Marie of Orléans. After him are Edith Cavell, Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow, Friedrich Paschen, Lucjan Żeligowski, Jovan Cvijić, and Duchess Amalie in Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1935, Abraham Isaac Kook ranks 51. Before him are Gareth Jones, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Ruan Lingyu, Louis de Beaufront, Richard Sheldon, and Ma Barker. After him are Valerian Kuybyshev, Meletius IV of Constantinople, Jean Béraud, William Kennedy Dickson, Juan Vicente Gómez, and Edward Carson.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Abraham Isaac Kook ranks 33 out of 323. Before him are Pauline Therese of Württemberg (1800), Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751), Laimdota Straujuma (1951), Frederick William, Duke of Courland (1692), Viktors Arājs (1910), and Pēteris Vasks (1946). After him are Friedrich Zander (1887), Wolfgang Lüth (1913), Oswald Külpe (1862), Frederick Casimir Kettler (1650), Wilhelm Kettler (1574), and Raimonds Pauls (1936).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Latvia

Among philosophers born in Latvia, Abraham Isaac Kook ranks 3. Before him are Isaiah Berlin (1909), and Nicolai Hartmann (1882). After him are Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903), and Nikolay Lossky (1870).

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