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Ernst Nolte

1923 - 2016

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Ernst Nolte (11 January 1923 – 18 August 2016) was a German historian and philosopher. Nolte's major interest was the comparative studies of fascism and communism (cf. Comparison of Nazism and Stalinism). Originally trained in philosophy, he was professor emeritus of modern history at the Free University of Berlin, where he taught from 1973 until his 1991 retirement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Nolte is the 665th most popular philosopher (down from 630th in 2019), the 2,022nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,801st in 2019) and the 88th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ernst Nolte ranks 665 out of 1,267. Before him are Wang Bi, Ravidas, Johannes Sturm, Nezahualcoyotl, Michael Walzer, and Gorakhnath. After him are Reinhold Niebuhr, Liu Bowen, Frithjof Schuon, Shen Buhai, Diogenes of Oenoanda, and Hippo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Ernst Nolte ranks 111. Before him are Madeleine Lebeau, Yaşar Kemal, Aaron Spelling, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Belisario Betancur, and Álvaro Mutis. After him are Menahem Pressler, Alexandre Astruc, Walerian Borowczyk, André Courrèges, Alicia de Larrocha, and Dexter Gordon. Among people deceased in 2016, Ernst Nolte ranks 128. Before him are Jorge Batlle, William H. McNeill, Neville Marriner, Peter Shaffer, Meir Dagan, and Héctor Babenco. After him are António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Alexandre Astruc, André Courrèges, Rudolf E. Kálmán, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and Nimr al-Nimr.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Nolte ranks 2,023 out of 7,253. Before him are Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1882), Max Joseph von Pettenkofer (1818), Johann Homann (1664), Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797), Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg (1711), and Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811). After him are Fredrik Pacius (1809), Jenny-Wanda Barkmann (1922), Johann Ludwig Bach (1677), Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818), John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1584), and Wilhelm Souchon (1864).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Ernst Nolte ranks 88. Before him are Friedrich Albert Lange (1828), Eugen Fink (1905), Andreas Karlstadt (1486), Eric Voegelin (1901), Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769), and Johannes Sturm (1507). After him are Johann Bernhard Basedow (1723), Rudolph Goclenius (1547), Karl Vogt (1817), Ludwig Klages (1872), F. C. S. Schiller (1864), and Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792).

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