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Anton Praetorius

1560 - 1613

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Anton Praetorius (1560 – 6 December 1613) was a German Calvinist pastor who spoke out against the persecution of witches (witchhunts, witchcraft trials) and against torture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Praetorius is the 1,272nd most popular writer (up from 2,071st in 2019), the 1,316th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,196th in 2019) and the 80th most popular German Writer.

Anton Praetorius is most famous for his work in the field of optics. He was a German scientist and mathematician who contributed to the understanding of the ways in which light travels.

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Among writers, Anton Praetorius ranks 1,272 out of 7,302. Before him are Jan Kochanowski, Agrippa d'Aubigné, Eiji Yoshikawa, Vinicius de Moraes, Nikolaus Lenau, and Gottfried Benn. After him are Saint Gall, Nathalie Sarraute, Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Ephraim Kishon, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and Ivan Gundulić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1560, Anton Praetorius ranks 8. Before him are Annibale Carracci, Thomas Harriot, Jacobus Arminius, Gaspard Bauhin, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, and Thomas Cavendish. After him are Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Juan Sánchez Cotán, Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, and William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. Among people deceased in 1613, Anton Praetorius ranks 3. Before him are Carlo Gesualdo, and Sigismund Báthory. After him are Mateo Alemán, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Gabriel Báthory, Ivan Susanin, Cigoli, Giovanni Artusi, Johann Bauhin, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, and Hypatius Pociej.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Anton Praetorius ranks 1,316 out of 7,253. Before him are Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1785), Thomas Müller (1989), George, Duke of Saxony (1471), Max Amann (1891), Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671), and Gottfried Benn (1886). After him are Otto Kumm (1909), Heinrich Füger (1751), Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698), Sophia Eleonore of Saxony (1609), Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1577), and Theodor Storm (1817).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Anton Praetorius ranks 80. Before him are Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777), Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), Siegfried Kracauer (1889), and Gottfried Benn (1886). After him are Theodor Storm (1817), Kurt Tucholsky (1890), Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736), Wilhelm Müller (1794), Widukind of Corvey (925), and Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752).

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