PHILOSOPHER

Jerome of Prague

1379 - 1416

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Jerome of Prague (Czech: Jeroným Pražský; Latin: Hieronymus Pragensis; 1379 – 30 May 1416) was a Czech scholastic philosopher and theologian. Jerome was one of the chief followers of Jan Hus and was burned for heresy at the Council of Constance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerome of Prague is the 272nd most popular philosopher (down from 265th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 66th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Czech Philosopher.

Jerome of Prague is most famous for his invention of the first mechanical clock.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jerome of Prague ranks 272 out of 1,267. Before him are Pat Robertson, Vladimir Solovyov, Paramahansa Yogananda, Sebastian Brant, Raymond Aron, and Ivan Illich. After him are Panaetius, Ibn al-Nafis, Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, Aśvaghoṣa, Andronicus of Rhodes, and Ammonius Saccas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1379, Jerome of Prague ranks 2. Before him is Pope Callixtus III. After him are Henry III of Castile, Zawisza Czarny, and Huitzilihuitl. Among people deceased in 1416, Jerome of Prague ranks 2. Before him is Ferdinand I of Aragon. After him are John, Duke of Berry, Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Navarre, Anna of Cilli, Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić, Julian of Norwich, and Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jerome of Prague ranks 73 out of 1,200. Before him are Ludvík Svoboda (1895), Karel Gott (1939), Princess Sophie of Hohenberg (1901), Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein (1940), Bohumil Hrabal (1914), and Lída Baarová (1914). After him are Franz Werfel (1890), Martina Navratilova (1956), Jan Masaryk (1886), Karl Kraus (1874), Maria Christina of Austria (1858), and Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1696).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Czechia

Among philosophers born in Czechia, Jerome of Prague ranks 6. Before him are John Amos Comenius (1592), Edmund Husserl (1859), Hans Kelsen (1881), Bernard Bolzano (1781), and Karl Kautsky (1854). After him are Jan Patočka (1907), Vilém Flusser (1920), Karel Kosík (1926), František Tomášek (1899), Tomáš Halík (1948), and Theodor Gomperz (1832).

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