Rudolf Christoph Eucken
1846 – 1926 · aged 80
(1846-1926) German philosopher
- Born
- 5 Jan 1846 · Aurich
- Died
- 15 Sept 1926 · Jena
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- 5 Jan 1846BornBorn in Aurich
- 1879 – 1880RoleRector of the University of Jena
- 1886 – 1887RoleRector of the University of Jena
- 1898 – 1899RoleRector of the University of Jena
- 1908AwardNobel Prize in Literature
- 15 Sept 1926DiedDied in Jena
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Major world events during their lifetime (1846 – 1926).
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
Biography
Rudolf Christoph Eucken (German: [ˈʁuːdɔlf ˈɔʏkn̩] ; 5 January 1846 – 15 September 1926) was a German philosopher. He received the 1908 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life", after he had been nominated by a member of the Swedish Academy.
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