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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 744,811 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). A. J. P. Taylor is the 307th most popular historian (down from 262nd in 2019), the 2,929th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,844th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 740k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, A. J. P. Taylor ranks 307 out of 339. Before him are Moritz Cantor, Mikhail Pogodin, Hermann Conring, Yehuda Bauer, Hugh Trevor-Roper, and Lyubomir Miletich. After him are André Clot, Michele Amari, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, Élisabeth Roudinesco, Daniel J. Boorstin, and Stephen E. Ambrose.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, A. J. P. Taylor ranks 218. Before him are Luo Ruiqing, Corneliu Baba, Arturo Torres Carrasco, Joan Blondell, Lou Costello, and Alexander Rou. After him are Bruno de Finetti, Nils Axelsson, Johnny Hodges, Eitel Cantoni, Peter Carl Goldmark, and Charles Malik. Among people deceased in 1990, A. J. P. Taylor ranks 165. Before him are Merab Mamardashvili, Edmond Delfour, Đorđe Vujadinović, Jill Esmond, Julijans Vaivods, and Willy Vandersteen. After him are Bazilio Olara-Okello, Walter Bruch, Ahti Karjalainen, Boris Paichadze, Ivar Lo-Johansson, and Michael Oakeshott.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, A. J. P. Taylor ranks 2,929 out of 7,765. Before him are Jonathan Wild (1683), Jason Flemyng (1966), George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), Wulfhere of Mercia (650), Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849), and Chris Waddle (1960). After him are Divina Galica (1944), Jack Grealish (1995), Constance Markievicz (1868), Dave Legeno (1963), Christopher Cradock (1862), and Ian Wright (1963).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, A. J. P. Taylor ranks 30. Before him are Christopher Hill (1912), Edward Granville Browne (1862), Gerald of Wales (1146), John Keegan (1934), Paul Kennedy (1945), and Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914). After him are Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (1931), Thomas Fuller (1608), David Marshall Lang (1924), Frances Yates (1899), Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928), and G. M. Trevelyan (1876).

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