PHILOSOPHER

Anselm of Laon

1050 - 1117

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Anselm of Laon (Latin: Anselmus; d. 1117), properly Ansel (Ansellus), was a French theologian and founder of a school of scholars who helped to pioneer biblical hermeneutics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anselm of Laon is the 1,024th most popular philosopher (down from 964th in 2019), the 3,817th most popular biography from France (down from 3,489th in 2019) and the 125th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Anselm of Laon ranks 1,024 out of 1,267. Before him are Colotes, Merab Mamardashvili, Chinmayananda Saraswati, Simón Rodríguez, Lysander Spooner, and Gabriel Biel. After him are Ivan Aksakov, Arulenus Rusticus, Michael Oakeshott, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Joachim Camerarius, and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1050, Anselm of Laon ranks 25. Before him are Berthold II, Duke of Swabia, Li Tang, Ingvar the Far-Travelled, Bahya ibn Paquda, Domenico Michiel, and Sophia of Hungary. After him are Welf, Duke of Carinthia, Isaac Komnenos, Ioane Petritsi, and Leopold of Styria. Among people deceased in 1117, Anselm of Laon ranks 2. Before him is Bertrade de Montfort. After him are Gertrude of Brunswick, Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney, and Ordelafo Faliero.

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In France

Among people born in France, Anselm of Laon ranks 3,817 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Frédéric Girard (1822), Odilon Barrot (1791), Bernard Cazeneuve (1963), Inès de La Fressange (1957), Sanchia of Provence (1225), and Cecilia of Normandy (1056). After him are Jean Frédéric Frenet (1816), Louis Bastien (1881), Robert de Clari (1170), Frédéric Dard (1921), André Roosevelt (1879), and Micheline Bernardini (1927).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Anselm of Laon ranks 125. Before him are Jacques-André Naigeon (1738), Paul Janet (1823), Daniel Bensaïd (1946), Antoine Berman (1942), Jean Rostand (1894), and Jacques Cujas (1522). After him are Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940), Rémi Brague (1947), Jean François de Saint-Lambert (1716), Michel Onfray (1959), Samuel ibn Tibbon (1150), and Clémence Royer (1830).

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