PHILOSOPHER

Allan Bloom

1930 - 1992

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Allan David Bloom (September 14, 1930 – October 7, 1992) was an American philosopher, classicist, and academician. He studied under David Grene, Leo Strauss, Richard McKeon, and Alexandre Kojève. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Allan Bloom has received more than 713,836 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Allan Bloom is the 1,141st most popular philosopher (down from 1,015th in 2019), the 6,881st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,534th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Allan Bloom ranks 1,141 out of 1,267. Before him are Friedrich Gogarten, Polemon of Athens, Thomas van Erpe, Ada Adler, Liang Shuming, and Marshall Berman. After him are Charondas, Barbara Cassin, István Mészáros, W. D. Ross, Eduardo Lourenço, and Homi K. Bhabha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Allan Bloom ranks 404. Before him are Abbey Lincoln, Atef Sedky, Nina Grebeshkova, Schafik Hándal, Pavel Schmidt, and Grace Lee Whitney. After him are John Romita Sr., Smail Hamdani, Alan Shugart, István Mészáros, Suat Mamat, and Terence Bayler. Among people deceased in 1992, Allan Bloom ranks 202. Before him are Silviu Bindea, Bo Lindman, Suzanne Lilar, Ferenc Karinthy, William Schuman, and Tibor Kemény. After him are Neville Brand, Roque Olsen, Georges Beuchat, Luigi Marchisio, Mohamed Benhima, and Luka Lipošinović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Allan Bloom ranks 6,881 out of 20,380. Before him are Marshall Berman (1940), Mary Oliver (1935), William P. Gottlieb (1917), Kate Mara (1983), Cameron Crowe (1957), and Ron Asheton (1948). After him are Richard Simmons (1948), Matt Frewer (1958), Cecilia Beaux (1855), Connie Stevens (1938), Adoniram Judson (1788), and Tom Arnold (1959).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Allan Bloom ranks 62. Before him are Sandra Harding (1935), Amos Bronson Alcott (1799), Cornel West (1953), Gary L. Francione (1954), Nancy Cartwright (1944), and Marshall Berman (1940). After him are William Lane Craig (1949), Pat Robertson (1930), Mary Whiton Calkins (1863), Iris Marion Young (1949), William Chittick (1943), and Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929).

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