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Hieronymus Wolf

1516 - 1580

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Hieronymus Wolf (13 August 1516 – 8 October 1580) was a sixteenth-century German historian and humanist, most famous for introducing a system of Roman historiography that eventually became the standard in works of medieval Byzantine history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hieronymus Wolf is the 141st most popular historian (down from 136th in 2019), the 2,044th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,973rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Hieronymus Wolf ranks 141 out of 561. Before him are Barbara W. Tuchman, Timothy D. Snyder, Ibn Hibban, Heinrich von Treitschke, William H. McNeill, and Vladimir Minorsky. After him are Michael Attaleiates, Henry Thomas Buckle, Helmold, Matthew of Edessa, Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, and Evagrius Scholasticus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1516, Hieronymus Wolf ranks 6. Before him are Mary I of England, Conrad Gessner, Bayinnaung, Margaret Leijonhufvud, and Tabinshwehti. After him are William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Söyembikä of Kazan, André Thevet, Cristóvão da Gama, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and Realdo Colombo. Among people deceased in 1580, Hieronymus Wolf ranks 9. Before him are Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain, Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, Henry, King of Portugal, Lala Mustafa Pasha, Ruy López de Segura, and Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf. After him are Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Juliana of Stolberg, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Inés Suárez, Giovanni Morone, and Philippine Welser.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hieronymus Wolf ranks 2,045 out of 7,253. Before him are Lotte Reiniger (1899), Klaus Augenthaler (1957), Hinrich Lohse (1896), Dieter Schwarz (1939), Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1795), and Christian the Younger of Brunswick (1599). After him are Menahem Pressler (1923), Reinhard Keiser (1674), Veit Harlan (1899), Johann Trollmann (1907), Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661), and Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (1725).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Hieronymus Wolf ranks 17. Before him are Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876), Christoph Cellarius (1638), Reinhart Koselleck (1923), August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735), Golo Mann (1909), and Heinrich von Treitschke (1834). After him are Helmold (1120), Hermann Abert (1871), Jan Assmann (1938), Karl Lamprecht (1856), Friedrich Meinecke (1862), and Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729).

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