HISTORIAN

American Horse

1840 - 1908

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American Horse (Lakota: Wašíčuŋ Tȟašúŋke; also known as American Horse the Younger; c. 1840 – December 16, 1908) was an Oglala Lakota chief, statesman, educator and historian. American Horse is notable in American history as a U.S. Army Indian Scout and a progressive Oglala Lakota leader who promoted friendly associations with whites and education for his people. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of American Horse has received more than 228,455 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. American Horse is the 490th most popular historian, the 8,503rd most popular biography from United States and the 36th most popular American Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, American Horse ranks 490 out of 561. Before him are Kenneth Clark, Aleks Buda, Henry James Sumner Maine, Irina Antonova, Orlando Figes, and Christopher Lasch. After him are H. J. R. Murray, George Grote, Christopher Clark, Stephen F. Cohen, Walter Jens, and Jacques Barzun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, American Horse ranks 90. Before him are John Philip Holland, Charles Booth, Franz Mertens, Édouard Vaillant, Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie, and Jakub Arbes. After him are Richard Knill Freeman, Sophia Jex-Blake, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, Isabella Stewart Gardner, John Addington Symonds, and John Stainer. Among people deceased in 1908, American Horse ranks 96. Before him are Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Ignacio de Veintemilla, Manuel Curros Enríquez, José Manuel Marroquín, Marco Aurelio Soto, and Henry Bird. After him are Federico Chueca, Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, Charles Augustus Young, John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, Harriet Hosmer, and Redvers Buller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, American Horse ranks 8,503 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert J. Walker (1801), Max Eastman (1883), Paul Drayton (1939), Katee Sackhoff (1980), Tim Kaine (1958), and Joseph Dempsey (1875). After him are Richie Kotzen (1970), Kate McKinnon (1984), Daniel Chester French (1850), Marshall Harvey Stone (1903), Dave DeBusschere (1940), and Harvey Fletcher (1884).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, American Horse ranks 36. Before him are Charles Homer Haskins (1870), Rudolph Rummel (1932), Christopher Browning (1944), Samuel Eliot Morison (1887), Alfred W. Crosby (1931), and Christopher Lasch (1932). After him are Stephen F. Cohen (1938), Stephen Greenblatt (1943), Carroll Quigley (1910), Drew Gilpin Faust (1947), David Bordwell (1947), and Richard G. Hovannisian (1932).

American born Historians

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