PHILOSOPHER

Johannes Bugenhagen

1485 - 1558

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Johannes Bugenhagen (24 June 1485 – 20 April 1558), also called Doctor Pomeranus by Martin Luther, was a German theologian and Lutheran priest who introduced the Protestant Reformation in the Duchy of Pomerania and Denmark in the 16th century. Contributions of Karlstadt and Luther to the translation of theology into social legislation were most fully realized by Bugenhagen. Among his major accomplishments was organization of Lutheran churches in Northern Germany and Scandinavia. He has also been called the "Second Apostle of the North". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Bugenhagen is the 604th most popular philosopher (up from 650th in 2019), the 360th most popular biography from Poland (up from 397th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Polish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Johannes Bugenhagen ranks 604 out of 1,267. Before him are Zoilus, Constantin von Tischendorf, Jonathan Edwards, Jacques Ellul, Emer de Vattel, and Henry Corbin. After him are Crates of Mallus, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Alfred Schmidt, Peter the Iberian, Conrad Celtes, and Eduard Spranger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1485, Johannes Bugenhagen ranks 11. Before him are Thomas Cromwell, Pedro de Alvarado, Sebastiano del Piombo, Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg, Clément Janequin, and Sayyida al Hurra. After him are Balthasar Hubmaier, Joos van Cleve, Giovanni Battista Ramusio, Wolf Huber, Beatus Rhenanus, and Urs Graf. Among people deceased in 1558, Johannes Bugenhagen ranks 9. Before him are Hurrem Sultan, Mary of Hungary, Eleanor of Austria, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Clément Janequin, and Robert Recorde. After him are Reginald Pole, Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Anna van Egmont, Georg I, Count of Württemberg-Mömpelgard, Jean Fernel, and Caupolicán.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Johannes Bugenhagen ranks 360 out of 1,694. Before him are Józef Cyrankiewicz (1911), Muazzez Sultan (1628), Henry the Bearded (1163), Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702), Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz (1893), and Bolesław IV the Curly (1120). After him are Andreas Gryphius (1616), Avraham Stern (1907), Ernst Wilimowski (1916), Ewald Georg von Kleist (1700), Stanislav Kosior (1889), and C. L. Gloger (1803).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Poland

Among philosophers born in Poland, Johannes Bugenhagen ranks 15. Before him are Alfred Tarski (1901), Günther Anders (1902), Heinrich Rickert (1863), Paul Tillich (1886), Leszek Kołakowski (1927), and Chaïm Perelman (1912). After him are Roman Ingarden (1893), John Cantius (1390), Kuno Fischer (1824), Franz Neumann (1900), Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928), and Symon Budny (1530).

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