PHILOSOPHER

Wilhelm Gesenius

1786 - 1842

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Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius (3 February 1786 – 23 October 1842) was a German orientalist, lexicographer, Christian Hebraist, Lutheran theologian, Biblical scholar and critic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Gesenius is the 1,107th most popular philosopher (down from 1,038th in 2019), the 4,450th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,951st in 2019) and the 141st most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Wilhelm Gesenius ranks 1,107 out of 1,267. Before him are Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Albert Razin, Hermann Gunkel, Rosi Braidotti, John Hick, and Buddhapālita. After him are Władysław Tatarkiewicz, Ladislav Klíma, Egon Bondy, Maitreyi, Aleksei Losev, and W. D. Ross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, Wilhelm Gesenius ranks 53. Before him are Louis Vicat, Thomas Nuttall, Andreas Metaxas, Gregor MacGregor, Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar, and Auguste de Montferrand. After him are José Joaquín Prieto, Henry Bishop, Rudolph Schadow, Louis McLane, José María Queipo de Llano, 7th Count of Toreno, and William L. Marcy. Among people deceased in 1842, Wilhelm Gesenius ranks 36. Before him are James Ivory, Thomas Arnold, Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Leona Vicario, and Aleksey Koltsov. After him are Henry Shrapnel, William Ellery Channing, Archibald Menzies, William Hobson, James Barbour, and John Sell Cotman.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Gesenius ranks 4,453 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul von Hintze (1864), Walter Bruch (1908), Marita Lange (1943), Eduard von Martens (1831), Klaus Groth (1819), and Bernd Stange (1948). After him are Brigitte Horney (1911), Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein (1768), Ole Borch (1626), Selma Ergeç (1978), Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (1873), and Louise Caroline of Hochberg (1768).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Wilhelm Gesenius ranks 141. Before him are Martin Chemnitz (1522), Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796), Max Dessoir (1867), Georg Anton Friedrich Ast (1778), Theodor Benfey (1809), and Hermann Gunkel (1862). After him are Josef Pieper (1904), Adolf Grünbaum (1923), Dieter Henrich (1927), Friedrich Gogarten (1887), Volker Zotz (1956), and Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde (1930).

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