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Athanasius Kircher

1602 - 1680

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Athanasius Kircher (2 May 1602 – 27 November 1680) was a German Jesuit scholar and polymath who published around 40 major works of comparative religion, geology, and medicine. Kircher has been compared to fellow Jesuit Roger Joseph Boscovich and to Leonardo da Vinci for his vast range of interests, and has been honoured with the title "Master of a Hundred Arts". He taught for more than 40 years at the Roman College, where he set up a wunderkammer or cabinet of curiosities that would become the Kircherian Museum. A resurgence of interest in Kircher has occurred within the scholarly community in recent decades. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Athanasius Kircher is the 165th most popular philosopher (up from 170th in 2019), the 277th most popular biography from Germany (up from 281st in 2019) and the 28th most popular German Philosopher.

Athanasius Kircher is most famous for his work in the fields of mathematics, geology, and Egyptology. He was a polymath who published over forty books.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Athanasius Kircher ranks 165 out of 1,267. Before him are Max Scheler, Hans Kelsen, Ibn Tufail, Oswald Spengler, Paul Ricœur, and Herbert Marcuse. After him are Melissus of Samos, Ferdinand Tönnies, Adi Shankara, Ernst Cassirer, Jiddu Krishnamurti, and Xun Kuang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1602, Athanasius Kircher ranks 4. Before him are Cardinal Mazarin, Otto von Guericke, and Elisabeth of France. After him are Francesco Cavalli, Philippe de Champaigne, Salomon van Ruysdael, Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Per Brahe the Younger, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Zhu Yujian. Among people deceased in 1680, Athanasius Kircher ranks 3. Before him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and François de La Rochefoucauld. After him are Shivaji, Kateri Tekakwitha, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, Nicolas Fouquet, Raimondo Montecuccoli, Willem Claesz. Heda, Jan Swammerdam, Samuel Butler, and Ferdinand Bol.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Athanasius Kircher ranks 277 out of 7,253. Before him are Oswald Spengler (1880), Leopold von Ranke (1795), Irma Grese (1923), Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), Ernst Jünger (1895), and Herbert Marcuse (1898). After him are Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804), Wilhelm Pieck (1876), Hans-Dieter Flick (1965), Maria Sibylla Merian (1647), Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883), and Karl Weierstrass (1815).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Athanasius Kircher ranks 28. Before him are Edith Stein (1891), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), Max Stirner (1806), Max Scheler (1874), Oswald Spengler (1880), and Herbert Marcuse (1898). After him are Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), Carl Schmitt (1888), Max Horkheimer (1895), Rudolf Carnap (1891), Moses Mendelssohn (1729), and Ernst Bloch (1885).

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