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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

1486 - 1535

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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (; German: [aˈgʀɪpa]; 14 September 1486 – 18 February 1535) was a German Renaissance polymath, physician, legal scholar, soldier, knight, theologian, and occult writer. Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy published in 1533 drew heavily upon Kabbalah, Hermeticism, and Neoplatonism. His book was widely influential among esotericists of the early modern period, and was condemned as heretical by the inquisitor of Cologne. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa is the 11th most popular occultist (down from 9th in 2019), the 407th most popular biography from Germany (down from 370th in 2019) and the most popular German Occultist.

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa is most famous for his three volume work on the occult, De Occulta Philosophia.

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Among OCCULTISTS

Among occultists, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa ranks 11 out of 41. Before him are John Dee, Anton LaVey, Helena Blavatsky, Count of St. Germain, Éliphas Lévi, and Alessandro Cagliostro. After him are Allan Kardec, Edgar Cayce, Joachim of Fiore, A. E. Waite, Manly P. Hall, and Tituba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1486, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa ranks 2. Before him is Andrea del Sarto. After him are Arthur, Prince of Wales, Jacopo Sansovino, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Sher Shah Suri, Martin Agricola, Gerolamo Emiliani, Ahuitzotl, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, and Johann Eck. Among people deceased in 1535, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa ranks 2. Before him is Thomas More. After him are Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Francesco II Sforza, Lorenzo Costa, Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Ippolito de' Medici, John Fisher, Gustav Trolle, and Bartolomeo Tromboncino.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa ranks 407 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Bruch (1838), Wilhelm Maybach (1846), Einhard (770), Ernst Thälmann (1886), Hans Georg Dehmelt (1922), and Chlodio (393). After him are Maria of Yugoslavia (1900), Hermann Fegelein (1906), Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652), Georg von Hertling (1843), Michael Wittmann (1914), and Carl Ritter (1779).

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Among OCCULTISTS In Germany

Among occultists born in Germany, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa ranks 1. After him are Otto Witte (1872).

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