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Houston Stewart Chamberlain

1855 - 1927

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Houston Stewart Chamberlain (; 9 September 1855 – 9 January 1927) was a British-German philosopher who wrote works about political philosophy and natural science. His writing promoted German ethnonationalism, antisemitism, scientific racism, and Nordicism; he has been described as a "racialist writer". His best-known book, the two-volume Die Grundlagen des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts (The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century), published 1899, became highly influential in the pan-Germanic Völkisch movements of the early 20th century, and later influenced the antisemitism of Nazi racial policy. In the early 1920s, Chamberlain met and encouraged Adolf Hitler: he has been referred to as "Hitler's John the Baptist". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Houston Stewart Chamberlain is the 300th most popular philosopher (up from 303rd in 2019), the 642nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 508th in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Philosopher.

Houston Stewart Chamberlain was a British-German writer and politician who was a proponent of the Nazi Party. He was most famous for his book, The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century, in which he argued that the Aryan race was superior to all others.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Houston Stewart Chamberlain ranks 300 out of 1,267. Before him are Rudolf Bultmann, Bruno Bauer, Strato of Lampsacus, Heraclides Ponticus, William Godwin, and Wang Yangming. After him are Otto Weininger, Guy Debord, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Celsus, Lev Shestov, and Anacharsis.

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Among people born in 1855, Houston Stewart Chamberlain ranks 6. Before him are Archduchess Sophie of Austria, Ferdinand Tönnies, King C. Gillette, Andrew Mellon, and Émile Verhaeren. After him are Otto Liman von Sanders, John Browning, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, Percival Lowell, Ernest Chausson, and Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin. Among people deceased in 1927, Houston Stewart Chamberlain ranks 10. Before him are Ferdinand I of Romania, Willem Einthoven, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Juan Gris, Albrecht Kossel, and Gaston Leroux. After him are Hugo Ball, Andranik, Jerome K. Jerome, Georg Brandes, Kang Youwei, and Paul Sérusier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Houston Stewart Chamberlain ranks 642 out of 8,785. Before him are Walter Raleigh (1554), Nick Mason (1944), Angus Young (1955), Ron Dennis (1947), Bob Hoskins (1942), and Arthur Balfour (1848). After him are George Graham (1944), Harold Macmillan (1894), Muriel Spark (1918), Donald Pleasence (1919), Eduard Suess (1831), and Edwin Landseer (1802).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Houston Stewart Chamberlain ranks 18. Before him are Duns Scotus (1265), John Venn (1834), Thomas Reid (1710), Pelagius (360), Thomas Carlyle (1795), and William Godwin (1756). After him are G. E. Moore (1873), A. S. Neill (1883), J. L. Austin (1911), Anne Conway (1631), E. H. Carr (1892), and Thomas Hill Green (1836).

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