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A. J. P. Taylor

1906 - 1990

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Alan John Percivale Taylor (25 March 1906 – 7 September 1990) was a British historian who specialised in 19th- and 20th-century European diplomacy. Both a journalist and a broadcaster, he became well known to millions through his television lectures. His combination of academic rigour and popular appeal led the historian Richard Overy to describe him as "the Macaulay of our age". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of A. J. P. Taylor has received more than 808,256 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). A. J. P. Taylor is the 308th most popular historian (down from 307th in 2019), the 2,639th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,921st in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 810k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, A. J. P. Taylor ranks 308 out of 561. Before him are Wilhelm von Bode, William H. McNeill, Léon Poliakov, Hermann Conring, Marsyas of Pella, and Joan Wallach Scott. After him are Gerda Lerner, André Clot, Edwin O. Reischauer, Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, Joseph-François Michaud, and Miroslav Hroch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, A. J. P. Taylor ranks 203. Before him are Yakov Malik, Penn Nouth, Óscar Domínguez, René Huyghe, Harry Hammond Hess, and Alexandre Trauner. After him are Roman Karmen, Axel Cadier, František Svoboda, Alberto Lleras Camargo, Juan Modesto, and Renato Cesarini. Among people deceased in 1990, A. J. P. Taylor ranks 153. Before him are Armand Hammer, Merab Mamardashvili, Jacques Soustelle, Mario Pizziolo, Dodo Abashidze, and Đorđe Vujadinović. After him are Edwin O. Reischauer, Edmond Delfour, Marie-Dominique Chenu, Alberto Lleras Camargo, Joel McCrea, and Luigi Beccali.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, A. J. P. Taylor ranks 2,639 out of 8,785. Before him are Kelly Reilly (1977), Lesley-Anne Down (1954), Sam Allardyce (1954), George Raynor (1907), Harry Gregson-Williams (1961), and Nancy Mitford (1904). After him are Agnes Baden-Powell (1858), Thomas Gage (1719), Ian Wright (1963), Phil Campbell (1961), Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892), and Henry Cole (1808).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, A. J. P. Taylor ranks 28. Before him are Timothy Garton Ash (1955), Quentin Skinner (1940), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), Christopher Hill (1912), George Buchanan (1506), and Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928). After him are Edward Granville Browne (1862), Paul Kennedy (1945), John Keegan (1934), Francis Godwin (1562), Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (1931), and Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914).

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