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Otto Neurath

1882 - 1945

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Otto Karl Wilhelm Neurath (; Austrian German: [ˈɔtoː ˈnɔʏraːt]; 10 December 1882 – 22 December 1945) was an Austrian-born philosopher of science, sociologist, and political economist. He was also the inventor of the ISOTYPE method of pictorial statistics and an innovator in museum practice. Before he fled his native country in 1934, Neurath was one of the leading figures of the Vienna Circle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Neurath is the 356th most popular philosopher (down from 350th in 2019), the 210th most popular biography from Austria (down from 201st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Austrian Philosopher.

Otto Neurath was a leading figure in the Vienna Circle. He is most famous for his contributions to the field of Isotype.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Otto Neurath ranks 356 out of 1,267. Before him are Pompeia Plotina, Aristoxenus, Robert Nozick, Hermann Cohen, Günther Anders, and René Girard. After him are Peter Singer, Abul A'la Maududi, Nasir Khusraw, John Philoponus, George Santayana, and Fukuzawa Yukichi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Otto Neurath ranks 48. Before him are Jacques Maritain, Hugh Dowding, A. A. Milne, Moritz Schlick, Nicolai Hartmann, and Lluís Companys. After him are Yanka Kupala, Boris Shaposhnikov, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, Jean Giraudoux, Aleksandra Ekster, and Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1945, Otto Neurath ranks 67. Before him are Ludwig Stumpfegger, Vladimir Vernadsky, Pavlo Skoropadskyi, Felix Salten, Arthur Nebe, and Carl Friedrich Goerdeler. After him are René Lalique, Juana Bormann, Konrad Henlein, Maurice Halbwachs, Margot Frank, and Boris Shaposhnikov.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Otto Neurath ranks 210 out of 1,424. Before him are Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1759), Joseph Joachim (1831), Maria Schell (1926), Johann Joseph Fux (1660), Wilhelm Miklas (1872), and Falco (1957). After him are Jörg Haider (1950), Maria Antonia of Austria (1669), Anton Diabelli (1781), Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), Franz Grillparzer (1791), and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Austria

Among philosophers born in Austria, Otto Neurath ranks 9. Before him are Martin Buber (1878), Paul Feyerabend (1924), Josef Breuer (1842), Ivan Illich (1926), Otto Weininger (1880), and Alfred Schütz (1899). After him are Jean Améry (1912), Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757), André Gorz (1923), Kazimierz Twardowski (1866), Christian von Ehrenfels (1859), and Jacob Taubes (1923).

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