RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Arp Schnitger

1648 - 1719

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Arp Schnitger (2 July 1648 – 28 July 1719 (buried)) was an influential Northern German organ builder. Considered the paramount manufacturer of his time, Schnitger built or rebuilt over 150 organs. He was primarily active in Northern Europe, especially the Netherlands and Germany, where a number of his instruments still survive. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arp Schnitger is the 1,501st most popular religious figure (up from 1,535th in 2019), the 2,148th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,401st in 2019) and the 54th most popular German Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Arp Schnitger ranks 1,501 out of 3,187. Before him are Angelo De Donatis, Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Johannes Magnus, Adalard of Corbie, Audrys Bačkis, and Robert Estienne. After him are David Yonggi Cho, Joseph Coutts, William H. Keeler, Mamertus, Antipope Sylvester IV, and Fatimah bint Musa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1648, Arp Schnitger ranks 6. Before him are Juana Inés de la Cruz, Peter II of Portugal, Jeanne Guyon, Anne Henriette of Bavaria, and Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels. After him are Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans, Johann Michael Bach, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Arabella Churchill, Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, and René de Froulay de Tessé. Among people deceased in 1719, Arp Schnitger ranks 14. Before him are Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Johann Friedrich Böttger, Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp, Joseph Addison, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, and Boris Sheremetev. After him are Pierre Raymond de Montmort, Carlo Cignani, Arnold Houbraken, Pasquier Quesnel, Farrukhsiyar, and Köprülüzade Numan Pasha.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Arp Schnitger ranks 2,149 out of 7,253. Before him are Philipp Veit (1793), Richard Hauptmann (1899), Mathias Rust (1968), Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787), Bruno Loerzer (1891), and Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853). After him are Basil Valentine (1394), Nicholas Mercator (1620), Princess Helena of Nassau (1831), Johann Bernhard Basedow (1723), Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633), and Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria (1305).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Arp Schnitger ranks 54. Before him are Regino of Prüm (842), Johannes Oecolampadius (1482), Reinhard Marx (1953), Michael von Faulhaber (1869), Frederick of Utrecht (780), and Walter Brandmüller (1929). After him are Wolfgang of Regensburg (924), Benno (1010), Irmina of Oeren (700), Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1703), Honoratus (365), and Anna Schäffer (1882).

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