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Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann

1743 - 1815

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Eberhardt August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (August 17, 1743, Uelzen – July 4, 1815, Braunschweig) was a German geographer and zoologist. He studied natural philosophy and mathematics in Leiden, Halle, Berlin, and Göttingen, and in 1766, was appointed professor of mathematics and natural sciences at the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig. One of his pupils was mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss. From 1789 onward, he served as aulic councillor in Braunschweig. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann is the 845th most popular philosopher (up from 914th in 2019), the 2,878th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,196th in 2019) and the 106th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann ranks 845 out of 1,267. Before him are Léon Brunschvicg, Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, Jakob Lorber, Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, Franz Xaver von Baader, and Hossein Nasr. After him are Józef Maria Bocheński, Hans Robert Jauss, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa, Peter John Olivi, Hans Albert, and Cheng Hao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1743, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann ranks 26. Before him are Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano, Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova, William Paley, and Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst. After him are Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Johannes Ewald, Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Elisabeth Christina von Linné, José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, and Johann David Wyss. Among people deceased in 1815, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann ranks 22. Before him are John Carroll, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Richard Bassett, Ahmad al-Tijani, James Gillray, and Matthias Claudius. After him are Torii Kiyonaga, Solomon II of Imereti, John Singleton Copley, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, Carl Johan Adlercreutz, and Francesco Bartolozzi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann ranks 2,880 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823), Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1502), Christoph Amberger (1505), Greta Schröder (1891), Otto Nerz (1892), and Wilhelm Brückner (1884). After him are Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1704), Hans Thoma (1839), Johann Froben (1460), Egon Bahr (1922), Johannes Aventinus (1477), and Nicolas Luckner (1722).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann ranks 106. Before him are Theodor Lipps (1851), Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (1802), Friedrich Pollock (1894), Paul de Lagarde (1827), Leo Löwenthal (1900), and Franz Xaver von Baader (1765). After him are Hans Robert Jauss (1921), Hans Albert (1921), August Böckh (1785), Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (1873), Johann Heinrich Alsted (1588), and Albrecht Ritschl (1822).

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