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Heinrich Glarean

1488 - 1563

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Heinrich Glarean also styled Henricus Glareanus (born as Heinrich Loriti on 28 February or 3 June 1488 – 28 March 1563) was a Swiss music theorist, poet, humanist, philosopher and cartographer. He was born in Mollis (in the canton of Glarus, hence his name) and died in Freiburg im Breisgau. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Glarean is the 2,378th most popular writer (down from 2,278th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 232nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Swiss Writer.

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Among writers, Heinrich Glarean ranks 2,378 out of 7,302. Before him are Asadi Tusi, Silva Kaputikyan, Annie Proulx, Alexandre Exquemelin, Michel de Ghelderode, and Xenophon of Ephesus. After him are Petrus Comestor, Paul Féval, père, Catherine Breillat, Isaeus, Philo of Byblos, and Djuna Barnes.

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Among people born in 1488, Heinrich Glarean ranks 17. Before him are Joseph Karo, Otto Brunfels, Johannes Magnus, Gustav Trolle, Jan Tarnowski, and Alonso Berruguete. After him are Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Mother Shipton, and Myles Coverdale. Among people deceased in 1563, Heinrich Glarean ranks 4. Before him are Étienne de La Boétie, Francis, Duke of Guise, and Sebastian Castellio. After him are Andrea Schiavone, Yi Gwang-sik, Martynas Mažvydas, and Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Heinrich Glarean ranks 253 out of 1,015. Before him are Johann Peter Hebel (1760), Rudolf Wolf (1816), Josias Braun-Blanquet (1884), Didier Burkhalter (1960), Ludwig Senfl (1486), and Alfred Escher (1819). After him are Carl Lutz (1895), Lucien Favre (1957), Hans-Rudolf Merz (1942), Carl Jacob Burckhardt (1891), Heinz Holliger (1939), and Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (1956).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Heinrich Glarean ranks 26. Before him are Notker the Stammerer (840), Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825), Jean Starobinski (1920), Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), Emma Jung (1882), and Johann Peter Hebel (1760). After him are Isaac Casaubon (1559), Alphonse Matejka (1902), Peter Bichsel (1935), Peter Bieri (1944), Fleur Jaeggy (1940), and Arthur Cravan (1887).

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