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Gerardus Vossius

1577 - 1649

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Gerrit Janszoon Vos (March or April 1577, Heidelberg – 19 March 1649, Amsterdam), often known by his Latin name Gerardus Vossius, was a Dutch classical scholar, theologian, and polymath. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerardus Vossius is the 219th most popular historian (up from 244th in 2019), the 2,961st most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,212th in 2019) and the 28th most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Gerardus Vossius ranks 219 out of 561. Before him are Guo Pu, Robert Conquest, Anthony Blunt, Johannes Aventinus, Deborah Lipstadt, and Annius of Viterbo. After him are H. J. R. Murray, Saul Friedländer, Fritz Fischer, Khvandamir, Aban ibn Uthman, and Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, Gerardus Vossius ranks 16. Before him are Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Nur Jahan, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Kobayakawa Hideaki, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Jacob Cats. After him are Mario Minniti, Nicolas Trigault, and Roberto de Nobili. Among people deceased in 1649, Gerardus Vossius ranks 10. Before him are Ustad Ahmad Lahori, Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Catherine of Brandenburg, Vittoria Farnese, and David Teniers the Elder. After him are Isaac van Ostade, Susanna Hall, Vincenzo Carafa, John Winthrop, Giulio Alenio, and Jean de Brébeuf.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerardus Vossius ranks 2,963 out of 7,253. Before him are Anton Flettner (1885), Hugo Preuß (1860), Oliver Hirschbiegel (1957), Nicole Brown Simpson (1959), Bruno Lüdke (1908), and Ulrich Graf (1878). After him are Albrecht Brandi (1914), Bernhard Kellermann (1879), Heinrich Hoffmann (1809), Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1794), Sophie of Brandenburg (1568), and Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (1495).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Gerardus Vossius ranks 28. Before him are Friedrich Meinecke (1862), Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729), Philipp Spitta (1841), Karl Krumbacher (1856), Moritz Cantor (1829), and Johannes Aventinus (1477). After him are Fritz Fischer (1908), Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim (1701), Hermann Conring (1606), Gustav Hugo (1764), Gerhard Friedrich Müller (1705), and Abraham Geiger (1810).

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