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Arno Peters

1916 - 2002

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Arno Peters (22 May 1916 – 2 December 2002) was a German historian who developed the Peters world map, based on the Gall–Peters projection. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arno Peters is the 350th most popular historian (down from 253rd in 2019), the 4,032nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,293rd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Arno Peters ranks 350 out of 561. Before him are Bobojon Ghafurov, Ernest Lavisse, Philip K. Hitti, Richard N. Frye, Ernest Fenollosa, and Serhii Plokhy. After him are Jérôme Carcopino, Nicholas Adontz, Kurt Aland, Milan Šufflay, Fernão Lopes, and Hafiz-i Abru.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Arno Peters ranks 172. Before him are Tinus Osendarp, Keenan Wynn, Halet Çambel, George Sidney, Robert Charpentier, and Bruno Chizzo. After him are Olga Lepeshinskaya, Fiorenzo Angelini, Herbert Norkus, Nadya Nozharova, Anne Hébert, and Yasuji Miyazaki. Among people deceased in 2002, Arno Peters ranks 182. Before him are Frances Ames, Eugene Odum, George Sidney, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Alexandru Todea, and Wolfgang Schneiderhan. After him are Aileen Riggin, Ibn al-Khattab, Tore Svensson, Kakhi Asatiani, Irán Eory, and Ramiro de León Carpio.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Arno Peters ranks 4,034 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Ehrle (1845), Herbert Achternbusch (1938), Bodo Ramelow (1956), Michael Verhoeven (1938), Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (1794), and Carlos Marín (1968). After him are Karl Hofer (1878), Uwe Rahn (1962), Kurt Adolff (1921), Edin Terzić (1982), Ferdinand Mannlicher (1848), and Antje Jackelén (1955).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Arno Peters ranks 42. Before him are Ubbo Emmius (1547), Ludwig von Pastor (1854), Walter Burkert (1931), Max Jakob Friedländer (1867), Georg Gottfried Gervinus (1805), and Johann Gottfried Eichhorn (1752). After him are Kurt Aland (1915), Franz Babinger (1891), Heinrich Zimmer (1890), Gottfried Arnold (1665), Heinrich von Sybel (1817), and Peter Gay (1923).

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