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Ludwig Büchner

1824 - 1899

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Friedrich Karl Christian Ludwig Büchner (; German: [ˈbyːçnɐ]; 29 March 1824 – 30 April 1899) was a German philosopher, physiologist and physician who became one of the exponents of 19th-century scientific materialism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig Büchner is the 524th most popular philosopher (up from 578th in 2019), the 1,473rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,644th in 2019) and the 66th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ludwig Büchner ranks 524 out of 1,267. Before him are Vittorino da Feltre, Jean Améry, Karl Löwith, Huiyuan, Giles of Rome, and Madhvacharya. After him are Anaxarchus, Sivananda Saraswati, Manuel Chrysoloras, Charles Taylor, Saul Kripke, and Karl-Otto Apel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Ludwig Büchner ranks 21. Before him are Wilkie Collins, Marie Duplessis, William Huggins, Karl-Maria Kertbeny, Nana Sahib, and Antoine, Duke of Montpensier. After him are Princess Francisca of Brazil, Peter Cornelius, Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, William Walker, Tokugawa Iesada, and George Speck. Among people deceased in 1899, Ludwig Büchner ranks 15. Before him are Ernest Chausson, Sophus Lie, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, Horatio Alger, Giovanni Segantini, and Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. After him are Matsumura Sōkon, Nubar Pasha, Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Charles Friedel, and Geert Adriaans Boomgaard.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Büchner ranks 1,473 out of 7,253. Before him are Beno Gutenberg (1889), Hans Knappertsbusch (1888), Adolph Wagner (1835), Uli Stielike (1954), Johann Eck (1486), and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845). After him are Wilhelm Weitling (1808), Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751), William I, Elector of Hesse (1743), Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1826), Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1724), and Sepp Piontek (1940).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Ludwig Büchner ranks 66. Before him are Leo Strauss (1899), Ernst Troeltsch (1865), Hermann Lotze (1817), Johannes Althusius (1563), Axel Honneth (1949), and Karl Löwith (1897). After him are Karl-Otto Apel (1922), Carl Stumpf (1848), Annemarie Schimmel (1922), Albert of Saxony (1316), Karl Korsch (1886), and Hans Vaihinger (1852).

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