93,820 profiles ranked live

Christian Knorr von Rosenroth

✓ Source-basedstable

Silesian noble

GermanyWritersLived 1636 to 1689 · aged 53
Compare
Fame48.0
Momentum2.8
Languages13
Peak1990s
In century#1,722

Christian Knorr von Rosenroth was a German Christian Hebraist and Christian Cabalist born at Alt-Raudten in Silesia. After having completed his studies in the universities of Wittenberg and Leipzig, he traveled through the Netherlands, France, and England.

Also inDeutsch

Writers from Germany 6

About this person

Christian Knorr von Rosenroth was a German Christian Hebraist and Christian Cabalist born at Alt-Raudten in Silesia. After having completed his studies in the universities of Wittenberg and Leipzig, he traveled through the Netherlands, France, and England. At Amsterdam, he became acquainted with an Armenian prince, with the chief Rabbi, Meier Stern, Dr. John Lightfoot and Henry More. Influenced by them, and others, he studied Oriental languages, chemistry, and the cabalistic sciences. On his return, he settled at Sulzbach where he became the privy counsellor of Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach. He devoted himself to the study of Hebrew. Later he became a student of the Kabbalah, in which he believed to find proofs of the doctrines of Christianity.

Country
Germany
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1636 to 1689 · aged 53
Written about in
13 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.