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Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach

1775 - 1833

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Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (14 November 1775 – 29 May 1833) was a German legal scholar. His major achievement was a reform of the Bavarian penal code which led to the abolition of torture and became a model for several other countries. He is also well known for his research on Kaspar Hauser, who died the same year as Feuerbach. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach is the 457th most popular philosopher (down from 406th in 2019), the 1,185th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,009th in 2019) and the 57th most popular German Philosopher.

Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach is most famous for his work in the field of comparative anatomy, and for his discovery of the intermaxillary bone in humans.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach ranks 457 out of 1,267. Before him are Hans Reichenbach, Linji Yixuan, Alain de Lille, Henry Suso, Phaedo of Elis, and Murray Bookchin. After him are Vincent of Beauvais, Franz Rosenzweig, Arnobius, Themistius, Brunetto Latini, and Hegesias of Cyrene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach ranks 16. Before him are Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Matthew Lewis, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Étienne-Louis Malus, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, and Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger. After him are Adam Albert von Neipperg, Louisa Adams, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Farkas Bolyai, Bernhard Crusell, and Antoni Radziwiłł. Among people deceased in 1833, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach ranks 13. Before him are Adrien-Marie Legendre, Seraphim of Sarov, Pierre André Latreille, Oliver Wolcott Jr., William Wilberforce, and Jean-Baptiste Jourdan. After him are Hugh Glass, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Edmund Kean, Abbas Mirza, Adamantios Korais, and Michał Kleofas Ogiński.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach ranks 1,185 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Kuhnau (1660), Prince George William of Hanover (1915), Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt (1752), Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (1835), Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670), and John, Elector of Saxony (1468). After him are Maria Reiche (1903), Franz Rosenzweig (1886), Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443), Horst Tappert (1923), Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1647), and Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach ranks 57. Before him are Moses Hess (1812), Peter Sloterdijk (1947), Gershom Scholem (1897), Christian Thomasius (1655), Hans Reichenbach (1891), and Henry Suso (1295). After him are Franz Rosenzweig (1886), Paul Natorp (1854), Leo Strauss (1899), Ernst Troeltsch (1865), Hermann Lotze (1817), and Johannes Althusius (1563).

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