PHILOSOPHER

Manuel Chrysoloras

1355 - 1415

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Manuel (or Emmanuel) Chrysoloras (Greek: Μανουὴλ Χρυσολωρᾶς; c. 1350 – 15 April 1415) was a Byzantine Greek classical scholar, humanist, philosopher, professor, and translator of ancient Greek texts during the Renaissance. Serving as the ambassador for the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos in medieval Italy, he became a renowned teacher of Greek literature and history in the republics of Florence and Venice, and today he's widely regarded as a pioneer in the introduction of ancient Greek literature to Western Europe during the Late Middle Ages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manuel Chrysoloras is the 527th most popular philosopher (up from 558th in 2019), the 525th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 529th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Turkish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Manuel Chrysoloras ranks 527 out of 1,267. Before him are Huiyuan, Giles of Rome, Madhvacharya, Ludwig Büchner, Anaxarchus, and Sivananda Saraswati. After him are Charles Taylor, Saul Kripke, Karl-Otto Apel, Polemon, Ahmad Sirhindi, and Carl Stumpf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1355, Manuel Chrysoloras ranks 7. Before him are Gemistus Pletho, Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, Mircea I of Wallachia, Gülçiçek Hatun, Konstantin Dejanović, and Theodore I Palaiologos. After him are Melchior Broederlam, Konrad von Jungingen, Dorothea of Bulgaria, Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York, Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Al-Qalqashandi. Among people deceased in 1415, Manuel Chrysoloras ranks 8. Before him are Owain Glyndŵr, Philippa of Lancaster, Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, Louis, Duke of Guyenne, Anthony, Duke of Brabant, and Charles I of Albret. After him are Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, John I, Duke of Alençon, Philip II, Count of Nevers, and Edward III, Duke of Bar.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Manuel Chrysoloras ranks 525 out of 1,347. Before him are Nicholas Mystikos (852), Ivaylo of Bulgaria (1281), Prusias I of Bithynia (-300), Basil Zaharoff (1849), Adamantios Korais (1748), and Yousuf Karsh (1908). After him are Ziya Gökalp (1876), Anna Porphyrogenita (963), Bohemond VII of Antioch (1261), Callinus (-680), Theodore of Mopsuestia (350), and Theodora Angelina (1190).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Manuel Chrysoloras ranks 32. Before him are Gennadius Scholarius (1400), Thrasymachus (-459), Nicephorus Gregoras (1295), Themistius (317), Eubulides (-500), and George Pachymeres (1242). After him are Crantor (-400), Bardaisan (154), Crates of Mallus (-200), Metrodorus of Lampsacus (-331), Maximus Planudes (1260), and Barlaam of Seminara (1290).

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