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Thomas Carlyle

1795 - 1881

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Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher. Known as the "sage of Chelsea", his writings strongly influenced the intellectual and artistic culture of the Victorian era. Carlyle was born in Ecclefechan, a village in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He attended the University of Edinburgh, where he excelled in mathematics and invented the Carlyle circle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Carlyle is the 287th most popular philosopher (up from 294th in 2019), the 599th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 492nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Philosopher.

Thomas Carlyle is most famous for his book "The French Revolution" which he wrote in 1837.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Thomas Carlyle ranks 287 out of 1,267. Before him are Abraham ibn Ezra, Bayazid Bastami, Ramana Maharshi, Bruno Latour, Epimenides, and Hans Jonas. After him are Speusippus, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Jacques Maritain, Alain Badiou, Alfred Tarski, and Miskawayh.

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Among people born in 1795, Thomas Carlyle ranks 6. Before him are James K. Polk, Frederick William IV of Prussia, Leopold von Ranke, John Keats, and Anna Pavlovna of Russia. After him are Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Rowland Hill, Gabriel Lamé, and Antonio José de Sucre. Among people deceased in 1881, Thomas Carlyle ranks 10. Before him are Billy the Kid, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Disraeli, Lewis H. Morgan, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, and Louis Auguste Blanqui. After him are Jenny von Westphalen, Henri Vieuxtemps, Auguste Mariette, Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Nikolai Rubinstein, and Henri-Frédéric Amiel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Carlyle ranks 599 out of 8,785. Before him are Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), Christopher Nolan (1970), Richard Williamson (1940), Gary Moore (1952), Richard Attenborough (1923), and David Lean (1908). After him are William Oughtred (1574), Tim Curry (1946), Charles Dance (1946), Ronald Coase (1910), Philip Sclater (1829), and John E. Walker (1941).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Carlyle ranks 16. Before him are Joseph Priestley (1733), John Wycliffe (1324), Duns Scotus (1265), John Venn (1834), Thomas Reid (1710), and Pelagius (360). After him are William Godwin (1756), Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), G. E. Moore (1873), A. S. Neill (1883), J. L. Austin (1911), and Anne Conway (1631).

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