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Aloys Sprenger

1813 - 1893

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Aloys Sprenger (born 3 September 1813, in Nassereith, Tyrol; died 19 December 1893 in Heidelberg) was an Austrian Orientalist. Sprenger studied medicine, natural sciences as well as oriental languages at the University of Vienna. In 1836 he moved to London, where he worked with the Earl of Munster on the latter's Geschichte der Kriegswissenschaften bei den mohammedanischen Völkern, ‘History of Military Science among the Muslim Peoples’, and thence in 1843 to Calcutta, where he became principal of Delhi College. In this capacity he had many textbooks translated into Hindustani from European languages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aloys Sprenger is the 2,617th most popular religious figure (down from 2,346th in 2019), the 811th most popular biography from Austria (down from 762nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Austrian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Aloys Sprenger ranks 2,617 out of 3,187. Before him are Henryk Gulbinowicz, Nikolay Ilminsky, Frans van der Lugt, Francis George, Gérald Lacroix, and Jean-Louis Bruguès. After him are Honorius of Canterbury, Squanto, Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna, Teresa of the Andes, Jan Pieter Schotte, and Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg.

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Among people born in 1813, Aloys Sprenger ranks 64. Before him are Stephen A. Douglas, János Simor, Karel Sabina, Louise-Victorine Ackermann, Franz Delitzsch, and Semen Hulak-Artemovsky. After him are Giovanni Luppis, Otto Jahn, Gaëtan de Rochebouët, Félix María Zuloaga, Errico Petrella, and Stephen Mallory. Among people deceased in 1893, Aloys Sprenger ranks 65. Before him are Ibrahim Edhem Pasha, Adolphe Yvon, Joseph Hellmesberger Sr., Michał Elwiro Andriolli, Victor Schœlcher, and Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie. After him are Samuel Baker, Charles of Mount Argus, James G. Blaine, Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Duleep Singh, and Richard Spruce.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Aloys Sprenger ranks 811 out of 1,424. Before him are Baron Ignaz von Plener (1810), Erika Mahringer (1924), Othmar Schneider (1928), Herbert W. Franke (1927), Caroline Unger (1803), and Štefan Banič (1870). After him are Karl Stotz (1927), Mia May (1884), Helene von Druskowitz (1856), Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller (1683), Richard Bergmann (1919), and Ferdinand Marian (1902).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Austria

Among religious figures born in Austria, Aloys Sprenger ranks 22. Before him are Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck (1769), Theodore Romzha (1911), Saint Sturm (704), Ursula Ledóchowska (1865), Anton Josef Gruscha (1820), and Wlodimir Ledóchowski (1866). After him are Joseph Othmar Rauscher (1797).

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