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Reinhart Koselleck

1923 - 2006

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Reinhart Koselleck (23 April 1923 – 4 February 2006) was a German historian. He is widely considered to be one of the most important historians of the 20th century. He occupied a distinctive position within history, working outside of any pre-established 'school', while making pioneering contributions to conceptual history (Begriffsgeschichte), the epistemology of history, linguistics, the foundations of anthropology of history and social history, and the history of law and government. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Reinhart Koselleck is the 114th most popular historian (down from 107th in 2019), the 1,635th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,527th in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Reinhart Koselleck ranks 114 out of 561. Before him are Cangjie, Frances Yates, Arnold Toynbee, Christoph Cellarius, W. Montgomery Watt, and Árni Magnússon. After him are Peter Burke, Leo the Deacon, Michael Glykas, Pierre Nora, Shoqan Walikhanov, and Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Reinhart Koselleck ranks 85. Before him are Conrad Bain, Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Lloyd Shapley, Ousmane Sembène, Diane Arbus, and Glynis Johns. After him are Robert Maxwell, Leonid Gaidai, Stig Dagerman, Lola Flores, Richard Avedon, and Zarifa Aliyeva. Among people deceased in 2006, Reinhart Koselleck ranks 79. Before him are Rajkumar, Lillian Asplund, Paul Marcinkus, W. Montgomery Watt, Milan Babić, and Betty Friedan. After him are Floyd Patterson, Ferenc Bene, Lars Korvald, Gillo Pontecorvo, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and Hassan Gouled Aptidon.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Reinhart Koselleck ranks 1,635 out of 7,253. Before him are Nicolaus Bruhns (1665), Arnold Gehlen (1904), Prince Joachim of Prussia (1890), Max Pechstein (1881), Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1636), and Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934). After him are Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (1240), Fancy (1946), Diane Kruger (1976), Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (1911), Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1738), and Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1761).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Reinhart Koselleck ranks 13. Before him are Aby Warburg (1866), Julius Wellhausen (1844), Erich Auerbach (1892), Hermann Alexander Diels (1848), Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876), and Christoph Cellarius (1638). After him are August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735), Golo Mann (1909), Heinrich von Treitschke (1834), Hieronymus Wolf (1516), Helmold (1120), and Hermann Abert (1871).

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