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Anna Maria van Schurman

1607 - 1678

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Anna Maria van Schurman (November 5, 1607 – May 4, 1678) was a Dutch painter, engraver, poet, classical scholar, philosopher, and feminist writer who is best known for her exceptional learning and her defence of female education. She was a highly educated woman, who excelled in art, music, and literature, and became a polyglot proficient in fourteen languages, including Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Aramaic, and Ethiopic, as well as various contemporary European languages. She was the first woman to study, unofficially, at a Dutch university. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anna Maria van Schurman is the 352nd most popular painter (up from 426th in 2019), the 931st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,177th in 2019) and the 31st most popular German Painter.

Anna Maria van Schurman was a Dutch scholar and philosopher. She was the first woman to receive a university degree and was a leading figure in the intellectual circles of the Dutch Golden Age. Van Schurman was a gifted linguist and one of the first female academics in the world. She corresponded with the likes of René Descartes, Queen Christina of Sweden, and John Milton.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Anna Maria van Schurman ranks 352 out of 2,023. Before her are Gabriël Metsu, Frans Snyders, John Singer Sargent, Marianne von Werefkin, Horace Vernet, and Léon Bonnat. After her are Philipp Otto Runge, Jeanne Hébuterne, Utamaro, Francesco Albani, Catharina van Hemessen, and David Teniers the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1607, Anna Maria van Schurman ranks 3. Before her are John Harvard, and Michiel de Ruyter. After her are Madeleine de Scudéry, Jan Lievens, Infante Carlos of Spain, Wenceslaus Hollar, Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, Paul Gerhardt, Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Antoine Gombaud, and Akile Hatun. Among people deceased in 1678, Anna Maria van Schurman ranks 4. Before her are Jacob Jordaens, Wu Sangui, and Jan Brueghel the Younger. After her are Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, François Pierre La Varenne, Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Karel Dujardin, Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, Antoine III de Gramont, and Antonio de Pereda.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Anna Maria van Schurman ranks 931 out of 7,253. Before her are Hans Sachs (1494), Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1680), Jochen Mass (1946), Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809), Andreas Brehme (1960), and Stefan George (1868). After her are Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856), Arthur Auwers (1838), Ulrich von Jungingen (1360), Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870), Frei Otto (1925), and Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Anna Maria van Schurman ranks 31. Before her are Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937), Erwin Bowien (1899), Carl Spitzweg (1808), Max Beckmann (1884), Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876), and Max Liebermann (1847). After her are Philipp Otto Runge (1777), Joseph Karl Stieler (1781), Johan Zoffany (1733), Erich Heckel (1883), Stefan Lochner (1410), and Konrad Witz (1400).

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