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Abraham Geiger

1810 - 1874

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Abraham Geiger (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם גַיְיגֶר‎ ʼAvrāhām Gayger; 24 May 1810 – 23 October 1874) was a German rabbi and scholar who is considered the founding father of Reform Judaism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraham Geiger has received more than 182,456 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Geiger is the 260th most popular historian (down from 193rd in 2019), the 3,321st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,747th in 2019) and the 31st most popular German Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Abraham Geigers by language

Over the past year Abraham Geiger has had the most page views in the with 25,997 views, followed by Hebrew (6,349), and German (5,769). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (69.64%), Spanish (24.95%), and Hungarian (24.91%)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Abraham Geiger ranks 260 out of 561. Before him are Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Ibn Hayyan, Charles Rollin, Joseph de Guignes, Charles Barbier de Meynard, and Charles Forbes René de Montalembert. After him are Bobojon Ghafurov, Guglielmo Ferrero, Christopher Hill, Thomas the Archdeacon, George Buchanan, and Émile Mâle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Abraham Geiger ranks 54. Before him are Julian Fontana, Peter Andreas Munch, L. L. Langstroth, George Robert Waterhouse, Johann Löwenthal, and Charles Forbes René de Montalembert. After him are Louis Gallait, Maurice de Guérin, Giovanni Lanza, Edward Blyth, Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, and Eugène Belgrand. Among people deceased in 1874, Abraham Geiger ranks 32. Before him are Johann Heinrich von Mädler, Niccolò Tommaseo, Wilhelm von Kaulbach, Louise Rasmussen, Ang Mey, and Lunalilo. After him are Carl Meissner, Gustaaf Wappers, Jules Janin, Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, and Heinrich von Kittlitz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Abraham Geiger ranks 3,321 out of 7,253. Before him are Ricardo Wolf (1887), Richard Huelsenbeck (1892), Princess Catherine of Württemberg (1821), Arnold Fanck (1889), Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau (1785), and Georg Pencz (1500). After him are Heinz Flohe (1948), Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1528), Annalena Baerbock (1980), Friedrich Christiansen (1879), Fritz von Uhde (1848), and Constantin von Alvensleben (1809).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Abraham Geiger ranks 31. Before him are Friedrich Meinecke (1862), Moritz Cantor (1829), Johannes Aventinus (1477), Gerardus Vossius (1577), Fritz Fischer (1908), and Arno Peters (1916). After him are Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729), Max Jakob Friedländer (1867), Philipp Spitta (1841), Ludwig von Pastor (1854), Ubbo Emmius (1547), and Kurt Aland (1915).

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