PHILOSOPHER

Matthias Bel

1684 - 1749

Matthias Bel

Matthias Bel or Matthias Bél (German: Matthias Bel; Hungarian: Bél Mátyás; Slovak: Matej Bel; Latin: Matthias Belius; 22–24 March(?), 1684 – 29 August 1749) was a Lutheran pastor and polymath from the Kingdom of Hungary. Bel was active in the fields of pedagogy, philosophy, philology, history, and theoretical theology; he was the founder of Hungarian geographic science and a pioneer of descriptive ethnography and economy. A leading figure in pietism. He is also known as the Great Ornament of Hungary (Magnum decus Hungariae). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matthias Bel is the 915th most popular philosopher (up from 922nd in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 98th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovak Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Matthias Bel ranks 915 out of 1,267. Before him are Tan Sitong, Jakob Friedrich Fries, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, Valentin Weigel, Leontion, and Pierre Nicole. After him are Abu Sulayman Sijistani, Sengzhao, Heinrich Khunrath, Ramiro Ledesma Ramos, Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri, and Martin Lings.

Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia

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Tan Sitong
1865 - 1898
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 909
Jakob Friedrich Fries
1773 - 1843
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 910
Gottlob Ernst Schulze
1761 - 1833
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 911
Valentin Weigel
1533 - 1588
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 912
Leontion
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 913
Pierre Nicole
1625 - 1695
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 914
Matthias Bel
1684 - 1749
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 915
Abu Sulayman Sijistani
932 - 1000
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 916
Sengzhao
384 - 414
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 917
Heinrich Khunrath
1560 - 1605
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 918
Ramiro Ledesma Ramos
1905 - 1936
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 919
Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri
913 - 992
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 920
Martin Lings
1909 - 2005
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 921

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1684, Matthias Bel ranks 17. Before him are Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Kimpa Vita, Robert Maynard, Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, and Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský. After him are Edward Vernon, Francesco Manfredini, Matthias Braun, and Johann Jacob Dillenius. Among people deceased in 1749, Matthias Bel ranks 12. Before him are Adel Shah, Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, Jan van Huysum, William Jones, and Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel. After him are Jan Frans van Bloemen, André Cardinal Destouches, Mark Catesby, and Catharine Trotter Cockburn.

Others Born in 1684

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Jean-Baptiste van Loo
PAINTER
1684 - 1745
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 11
Kimpa Vita
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1684 - 1706
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 12
Robert Maynard
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1684 - 1751
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 13
Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1684 - 1774
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 14
Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1684 - 1761
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 15
Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský
COMPOSER
1684 - 1742
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 16
Matthias Bel
PHILOSOPHER
1684 - 1749
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 17
Edward Vernon
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1684 - 1757
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 18
Francesco Manfredini
COMPOSER
1684 - 1762
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 19
Matthias Braun
SCULPTOR
1684 - 1738
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 20
Johann Jacob Dillenius
BIOLOGIST
1684 - 1747
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 21