PHILOSOPHER

Edvard Westermarck

1862 - 1939

Edvard Westermarck

Edvard Alexander Westermarck (20 November 1862 in Helsinki – 3 September 1939 in Tenala) was a Finnish philosopher and sociologist. Among other subjects, he studied exogamy and the incest taboo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edvard Westermarck is the 715th most popular philosopher (down from 710th in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Finland (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Edvard Westermarck ranks 715 out of 1,267. Before him are Francesco Algarotti, Stephen Toulmin, Aedesia, André Glucksmann, Onesicritus, and Svetozar Marković. After him are Numenius of Apamea, Gaius Marius Victorinus, Cheng Yi, Georges Politzer, Sarah Kofman, and Arnold Geulincx.

Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia

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Francesco Algarotti
1712 - 1764
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 709
Stephen Toulmin
1922 - 2009
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 710
Aedesia
500 - 500
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 711
André Glucksmann
1937 - 2015
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 712
Onesicritus
360 BC - 290 BC
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 713
Svetozar Marković
1846 - 1875
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 714
Edvard Westermarck
1862 - 1939
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 715
Numenius of Apamea
200 - 200
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 716
Gaius Marius Victorinus
310 - 364
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 717
Cheng Yi
1033 - 1107
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 718
Georges Politzer
1903 - 1942
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 719
Sarah Kofman
1934 - 1994
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 720
Arnold Geulincx
1624 - 1669
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 721

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Edvard Westermarck ranks 58. Before him are Nicholas Murray Butler, Cao Kun, Léon Boëllmann, Infanta María de la Paz of Spain, Frederick Delius, and Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis. After him are Arvid Lindman, Nitobe Inazō, Robert Reid, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, William Wallace Campbell, and Friedrich Meinecke. Among people deceased in 1939, Edvard Westermarck ranks 52. Before him are Armand Călinescu, Norman Bethune, Louis Trousselier, Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, Carl Laemmle, and Johann Strauss III. After him are Oscar Milosz, Isaac Carasso, Xu Shichang, Arthur Rackham, Evald Aav, and Konstantin Korovin.

Others Born in 1862

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Nicholas Murray Butler
POLITICIAN
1862 - 1947
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 52
Cao Kun
POLITICIAN
1862 - 1938
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 53
Léon Boëllmann
COMPOSER
1862 - 1897
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 54
Infanta María de la Paz of Spain
POLITICIAN
1862 - 1946
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 55
Frederick Delius
COMPOSER
1862 - 1934
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 56
Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
NOBLEMAN
1862 - 1885
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 57
Edvard Westermarck
PHILOSOPHER
1862 - 1939
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 58
Arvid Lindman
POLITICIAN
1862 - 1936
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 59
Nitobe Inazō
POLITICIAN
1862 - 1933
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 60
Robert Reid
PAINTER
1862 - 1929
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 61
Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
WRITER
1862 - 1925
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 62
William Wallace Campbell
ASTRONOMER
1862 - 1938
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 63
Friedrich Meinecke
HISTORIAN
1862 - 1954
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 64