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Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster

1869 - 1966

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Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster (2 June 1869 – 9 January 1966) was a German academic, educationist, pacifist and philosopher, known for his public opposition to Nazism. His works primarily dealt with the development of ethics through education, sexology, politics and international law. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster is the 1,048th most popular philosopher (up from 1,087th in 2019), the 4,040th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,248th in 2019) and the 130th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster ranks 1,048 out of 1,267. Before him are Thrasyllus of Mendes, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Seyla Benhabib, Persaeus, Alfonso Reyes, and David of Dinant. After him are Joseph Raz, Mary Whiton Calkins, Carl Dahlhaus, Johann Eduard Erdmann, Heymann Steinthal, and Idomeneus of Lampsacus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster ranks 111. Before him are Dmitri Egorov, Albert Kahn, Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiến Phúc, Marcel Cachin, and Aleš Hrdlička. After him are Johannes Linnankoski, Armas Järnefelt, Sergey Chaplygin, Ivan Aguéli, Daniel Salamanca Urey, and Alice Hamilton. Among people deceased in 1966, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster ranks 142. Before him are Christian Herter, Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov, Gʻafur Gʻulom, Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, Eva Justin, and Robert Charpentier. After him are Gustavo Marzi, Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, John Taylor, Pierre Montet, Jan Brzechwa, and Vladimir Veksler.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster ranks 4,042 out of 7,253. Before him are Uwe Rahn (1962), Kurt Adolff (1921), Edin Terzić (1982), Ferdinand Mannlicher (1848), Antje Jackelén (1955), and Otto Fahr (1892). After him are Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1866), Bernd Förster (1956), Joselu (1990), Gustav Lange (1830), Gabriele Seyfert (1948), and Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1677).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster ranks 130. Before him are Karl Groos (1861), Hermann Usener (1834), Gabriel Biel (1418), Joachim Camerarius (1500), Friedrich Paulsen (1846), and Justus Möser (1720). After him are Carl Dahlhaus (1928), Heymann Steinthal (1823), Friedrich Eduard Beneke (1798), Robert Spaemann (1927), Martin Chemnitz (1522), and Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796).

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