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Theophan Prokopovich

1681 - 1736

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Theophan or Feofan Prokopovich (Russian: Феофан Прокопович; Ukrainian: Феофан Прокопович, romanized: Feofan Prokopovych; 18 June [O.S. 8 June] 1681 – 19 September [O.S. 8 September] 1736) was a Russian Orthodox bishop, theologian, pietist, writer, poet, mathematician, astronomer, pedagogue and philosopher of Ukrainian origin. He was the rector of the Academia Mohileana in Kiev (1711–1716), the bishop of Pskov (1718–1725), and the archbishop of Novgorod (1725–1736). Prokopovich elaborated upon and implemented Peter the Great's reform of the Russian Orthodox Church; he served as the first vice-president of the Most Holy Synod from 1721, which replaced the office of the patriarch. Prokopovich also wrote many religious verses and some of the most enduring sermons in the Russian language. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theophan Prokopovich is the 686th most popular philosopher, the 287th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 288th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ukrainian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Theophan Prokopovich ranks 686 out of 1,267Before him are N. T. Wright, Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Michael Dummett, John Cantius, Richard of Saint Victor, and Pantaenus. After him are Antonio Rosmini, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, Johann Bernhard Basedow, Mechthild of Magdeburg, P. F. Strawson, and Hakuin Ekaku.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1681, Theophan Prokopovich ranks 5Before him are Vitus Bering, Georg Philipp Telemann, Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, and Johann Mattheson. After him are Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Giulia Lama, and Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough. Among people deceased in 1736, Theophan Prokopovich ranks 11Before him are Antonio Caldara, Stephen Gray, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, Filippo Juvarra, Louise Diane d'Orléans, and Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann. After him are Caspar van Wittel, René Duguay-Trouin, Emanuele d'Astorga, António Manoel de Vilhena, and Nicholas Hawksmoor.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Theophan Prokopovich ranks 287 out of 1,365Before him are Naftali Herz Imber (1856), Viktor Bunyakovsky (1804), Arseny Tarkovsky (1907), Polina Zhemchuzhina (1897), Rinat Akhmetov (1966), and Mikhail Artsybashev (1878). After him are Sergey Kamenev (1881), Sidney Reilly (1873), Ahad Ha'am (1856), Vasyl Stus (1938), Franz Doppler (1821), and Volodymyr Holubnychy (1936).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Ukraine

Among philosophers born in Ukraine, Theophan Prokopovich ranks 5Before him are Nikolai Berdyaev (1874), Lev Shestov (1866), Anacharsis (-700), and Bion of Borysthenes (-325). After him are Zalmoxis (-713), Alexius Meinong (1853), Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841), Yuriy Drohobych (1450), Hugo Kołłątaj (1750), Georges Florovsky (1893), and Ber Borochov (1881).