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Florian Znaniecki

1882 - 1958

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Florian Witold Znaniecki (Polish: [znaˈɲɛt͡skʲi]; 15 January 1882 – 23 March 1958) was a Polish-born American philosopher and sociologist who taught and wrote in Poland and in the United States. Over the course of his work, he shifted his focus from philosophy to sociology. He remains a major figure in the history of Polish and American sociology; the founder of Polish academic sociology, and of an entire school of thought in sociology. He won international renown as co-author, with William I. Thomas, of the study, The Polish Peasant in Europe and America (1918–1920), which is considered the foundation of modern empirical sociology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Florian Znaniecki is the 816th most popular philosopher (down from 656th in 2019), the 558th most popular biography from Poland (down from 404th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Polish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Florian Znaniecki ranks 816 out of 1,267. Before him are Friedrich Pollock, Joseph Albo, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Vincenzo Gioberti, Volin, and Vladimir Jankélévitch. After him are Bernard Williams, Gilbert de la Porrée, Vazgen I, Karel Kosík, Paul de Lagarde, and Francisco Sanches.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Florian Znaniecki ranks 121. Before him are Infanta María Teresa of Spain, Shigenori Tōgō, Inayat Khan, Joseph Cardijn, James F. Byrnes, and Volin. After him are Károly Huszár, Geraldine Farrar, Harry Myers, Otto Weddigen, Ernst Weiss, and Paul Anspach. Among people deceased in 1958, Florian Znaniecki ranks 70. Before him are The Boswell Sisters, Joseph Klausner, Vítězslav Nezval, Ronald Colman, Edward Weston, and Claire Lee Chennault. After him are Slobodan Jovanović, Frédéric François-Marsal, Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria, Yutaka Taniyama, Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium, and Goro Yamada.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Florian Znaniecki ranks 558 out of 1,694. Before him are Andrzej Panufnik (1914), Bronisław Geremek (1932), Max Simon (1899), John Albert Vasa (1612), Otto Lasch (1893), and Jerzy Dudek (1973). After him are Bella Darvi (1928), Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (1890), Paul Löbe (1875), Cyprian Norwid (1821), Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1464), and Justyna Steczkowska (1972).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Poland

Among philosophers born in Poland, Florian Znaniecki ranks 22. Before him are Roman Ingarden (1893), John Cantius (1390), Kuno Fischer (1824), Franz Neumann (1900), Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928), and Symon Budny (1530). After him are Józef Maria Bocheński (1902), Leo Baeck (1873), Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907), Stanisław Staszic (1755), Jerzy Żuławski (1874), and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski (1503).

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