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Friedrich Carl von Savigny

1779 - 1861

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Friedrich Carl von Savigny (21 February 1779 – 25 October 1861) was a German jurist and historian. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Carl von Savigny is the 36th most popular historian (down from 29th in 2019), the 423rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 324th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Historian.

Friedrich Carl von Savigny is most famous for his work in the field of Roman law. He is considered one of the founders of the historical school of law.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Friedrich Carl von Savigny ranks 36 out of 561. Before him are Edward Gibbon, Jacob Burckhardt, Saxo Grammaticus, Eric Hobsbawm, Marc Bloch, and Ibn Ishaq. After him are Hippolyte Taine, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Leonardo Bruni, Jacques Le Goff, Adam of Bremen, and Ali ibn al-Athir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1779, Friedrich Carl von Savigny ranks 4. Before him are Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Mustafa IV, and Carl Ritter. After him are Elizabeth Alexeievna, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, Francis IV, Duke of Modena, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Adam Oehlenschläger, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Giovanni Battista Bugatti, and Thomas Moore. Among people deceased in 1861, Friedrich Carl von Savigny ranks 8. Before him are Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Abdulmejid I, Frederick William IV of Prussia, Taras Shevchenko, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, and Xianfeng Emperor. After him are Pedro V of Portugal, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Lola Montez, Ranavalona I, and Eugène Scribe.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Carl von Savigny ranks 423 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Bopp (1791), Richard von Weizsäcker (1920), Karl Haushofer (1869), Alexander Grothendieck (1928), Karen Horney (1885), and Christian III of Denmark (1503). After him are Emil Nolde (1867), Gerd Binnig (1947), Otto Dix (1891), Levi Strauss (1829), Manfred Eigen (1927), and Sepp Maier (1944).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Friedrich Carl von Savigny ranks 3. Before him are Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717), and Leopold von Ranke (1795). After him are Adam of Bremen (1100), Erwin Panofsky (1892), Samuel von Pufendorf (1632), Aby Warburg (1866), Julius Wellhausen (1844), Erich Auerbach (1892), Hermann Alexander Diels (1848), Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876), and Christoph Cellarius (1638).

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