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Friedrich Meinecke

1862 - 1954

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Friedrich Meinecke (October 20, 1862 – February 6, 1954) was a German historian with national liberal and antisemitic views who supported the Nazi invasion of Poland. As a representative of an older tradition, he criticized the Nazi regime after World War II but continued to express antisemitic prejudices. In 1948, he helped found the Free University of Berlin in West Berlin, and he remained an important figure to the end of his life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Meinecke is the 180th most popular historian (up from 211th in 2019), the 2,502nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,900th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Friedrich Meinecke ranks 180 out of 561. Before him are Afet İnan, Max Dvořák, George Cœdès, Karl Lamprecht, Max Weinreich, and Jan Huyghen van Linschoten. After him are Janko Prunk, Joseph Klausner, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Christopher Browning, Pulakeshin II, and Ibn Abd al-Hakam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Friedrich Meinecke ranks 64. Before him are Edvard Westermarck, Arvid Lindman, Nitobe Inazō, Robert Reid, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, and William Wallace Campbell. After him are Vilhelm Bjerknes, Louis Botha, Paul Adam, Theodor Boveri, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, and Henri Le Sidaner. Among people deceased in 1954, Friedrich Meinecke ranks 57. Before him are Lionel Barrymore, Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, Jess McMahon, Franz Neumann, Marius Jacob, and Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster. After him are Ahmed Nihad, Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria, William Hoyt, Onofre Marimón, Claude Cahun, and Herms Niel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Meinecke ranks 2,503 out of 7,253. Before him are Alfred Pfaff (1926), Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1583), Anna Schäffer (1882), Karl Genzken (1885), Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (1244), and Helmuth James von Moltke (1907). After him are Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713), Berthold Auerbach (1812), Bert Kaempfert (1923), Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715), Adolf von Hildebrand (1847), and Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (1772).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Friedrich Meinecke ranks 22. Before him are Heinrich von Treitschke (1834), Hieronymus Wolf (1516), Helmold (1120), Hermann Abert (1871), Jan Assmann (1938), and Karl Lamprecht (1856). After him are Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729), Philipp Spitta (1841), Karl Krumbacher (1856), Moritz Cantor (1829), Johannes Aventinus (1477), and Gerardus Vossius (1577).

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