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Samuel von Pufendorf

1632 - 1694

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Samuel von Pufendorf (; German: [ˈpuːfəndɔʁf]; 8 January 1632 – 26 October 1694) was a German jurist, political philosopher, economist and historian. He was born Samuel Pufendorf and ennobled in 1694; he was made a baron by Charles XI of Sweden a few months before his death at age 62. Among his achievements are his commentaries and revisions of the natural law theories of Thomas Hobbes and Hugo Grotius. His political concepts are part of the cultural background of the American Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel von Pufendorf is the 50th most popular historian (down from 42nd in 2019), the 608th most popular biography from Germany (down from 494th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Historian.

Samuel von Pufendorf was a German philosopher and jurist. He is most famous for his book, "The Law of Nature and Nations," which was the first work to systematically explore the law of nations.

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Among historians, Samuel von Pufendorf ranks 50 out of 561. Before him are Erwin Panofsky, Al-Baladhuri, Socrates of Constantinople, Lucien Febvre, François Guizot, and Yuval Noah Harari. After him are Niketas Choniates, Poggio Bracciolini, Aby Warburg, Joseph Justus Scaliger, Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani, and Justin.

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Among people born in 1632, Samuel von Pufendorf ranks 6. Before him are Baruch Spinoza, John Locke, Johannes Vermeer, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, and Jean-Baptiste Lully. After him are Christopher Wren, Jean Mabillon, Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Michael I Apafi, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, and Adam Frans van der Meulen. Among people deceased in 1694, Samuel von Pufendorf ranks 4. Before him are Mary II of England, Matsuo Bashō, and Marcello Malpighi. After him are Natalya Naryshkina, Antoine Arnauld, Francesco Morosini, Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma, Suleiman of Persia, John George IV, Elector of Saxony, Hishikawa Moronobu, and Pierre Puget.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Samuel von Pufendorf ranks 608 out of 7,253. Before him are Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628), Hermann Kolbe (1818), Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743), August Weismann (1834), Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (1837), and Gustav Heinemann (1899). After him are Robert Ritter von Greim (1892), Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892), Katherine Oppenheimer (1910), Erich Hoepner (1886), Emile Berliner (1851), and Horst Wessel (1907).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Samuel von Pufendorf ranks 6. Before him are Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717), Leopold von Ranke (1795), Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779), Adam of Bremen (1100), and Erwin Panofsky (1892). After 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).

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