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Constantin von Tischendorf

1815 - 1874

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Lobegott Friedrich Constantin (von) Tischendorf (18 January 1815 – 7 December 1874) was a German biblical scholar. In 1844, he discovered the world's oldest and most complete Bible dated to around the mid-4th century and called Codex Sinaiticus after Saint Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai. Tischendorf was made an honorary doctor by the University of Oxford on 16 March 1865, and by the University of Cambridge on 9 March 1865 following his discovery. While a student gaining his academic degree in the 1840s, he earned international recognition when he deciphered the Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, a 5th-century Greek manuscript of the New Testament. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Constantin von Tischendorf is the 599th most popular philosopher (up from 612th in 2019), the 1,755th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,745th in 2019) and the 77th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Constantin von Tischendorf ranks 599 out of 1,267. Before him are Werner Jaeger, Vilém Flusser, Hans Blumenberg, Byung-Chul Han, David Hartley, and Zoilus. After him are Jonathan Edwards, Jacques Ellul, Emer de Vattel, Henry Corbin, Johannes Bugenhagen, and Crates of Mallus.

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Among people born in 1815, Constantin von Tischendorf ranks 23. Before him are Richard Henry Dana Jr., Ernest Meissonier, Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, Andreas Achenbach, Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, and Giuseppina Strepponi. After him are Alexander von Middendorff, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, George Meade, Anthony Trollope, Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, and Andrew Graham. Among people deceased in 1874, Constantin von Tischendorf ranks 18. Before him are Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira, Peter Cornelius, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, Marià Fortuny, and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. After him are Johann Heinrich von Mädler, Ilija Garašanin, Moritz von Jacobi, Cochise, Otto Hesse, and Peter Andreas Hansen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Constantin von Tischendorf ranks 1,755 out of 7,253. Before him are Monika Ertl (1937), Ulay (1943), Johann Schein (1586), Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1579), Leonhart Fuchs (1501), and Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772). After him are Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1761), Ferdinand Ries (1784), Eugen Jochum (1902), Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813), Hans Burgkmair (1473), and August Sander (1876).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Constantin von Tischendorf ranks 77. Before him are Karl Korsch (1886), Hans Vaihinger (1852), Philipp Mainländer (1841), Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781), Werner Jaeger (1888), and Hans Blumenberg (1920). After him are Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694), Alfred Schmidt (1931), Conrad Celtes (1459), Eduard Spranger (1882), Friedrich Albert Lange (1828), and Eugen Fink (1905).

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