PHILOSOPHER

F. C. S. Schiller

1864 - 1937

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Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller, FBA (German: [ˈʃɪlɐ]; 16 August 1864 – 6 August 1937), usually cited as F. C. S. Schiller, was a German-British philosopher. Born in Altona, Holstein (at that time member of the German Confederation, but under Danish administration), Schiller studied at the University of Oxford, later was a professor there, after being invited back after a brief time at Cornell University. Later in his life he taught at the University of Southern California. In his lifetime he was well known as a philosopher; after his death, his work was largely forgotten. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. F. C. S. Schiller is the 736th most popular philosopher (up from 1,160th in 2019), the 2,335th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,748th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, F. C. S. Schiller ranks 736 out of 1,267. Before him are Zalmoxis, John Argyropoulos, Jerry Fodor, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Paolo Sarpi, and Ludwig Klages. After him are Ferdinand Christian Baur, Menedemus, Hermias, Ahmad al-Tayyeb, Aleksey Khomyakov, and Philip of Opus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, F. C. S. Schiller ranks 75. Before him are Anagarika Dharmapala, Tanaka Giichi, Isa Boletini, Arthur Zimmermann, Nikolay Chkheidze, and William, Prince of Hohenzollern. After him are Princess Hilda of Nassau, Sheikh Said, Ion I. C. Brătianu, Alexander Gretchaninov, Frank Chapman, and Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky. Among people deceased in 1937, F. C. S. Schiller ranks 64. Before him are Vincenzo Lancia, Max von Gallwitz, Chūya Nakahara, Iona Yakir, Peljidiin Genden, and Jenő Hubay. After him are Richard Boleslawski, Elihu Root, Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, Lev Karakhan, Horacio Quiroga, and Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, F. C. S. Schiller ranks 2,336 out of 7,253. Before him are Ludwig Crüwell (1892), Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877), Wols (1913), Michael Lippert (1897), Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823), and Ludwig Klages (1872). After him are Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803), Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792), Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (1767), Friedrich Loeffler (1852), Heinrich Eberbach (1895), and Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, F. C. S. Schiller ranks 93. Before him are Johannes Sturm (1507), Ernst Nolte (1923), Johann Bernhard Basedow (1723), Rudolph Goclenius (1547), Karl Vogt (1817), and Ludwig Klages (1872). After him are Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792), Joseph Dietzgen (1828), Arnold Ruge (1802), Theodor Lessing (1872), Helmuth Plessner (1892), and Johannes Nikolaus Tetens (1736).

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