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André Clot

1909 - 2002

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André Clot (9 November 1909 – 15 November 2002) was a French historian and essayist. Clot worked from 1936 to 1942 for the news agency Agence Havas, from 1943 to 1945 for Radio-Brazzaville and finally from 1945 up to his superannuation for the Agence France-Presse. He lived for many years in Turkey and the countries of the Near and Middle East and was expert on Islam. He published books about the history and culture of Islamic countries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Clot has received more than 15,668 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). André Clot is the 310th most popular historian (down from 308th in 2019), the 3,708th most popular biography from France (up from 3,729th in 2019) and the 45th most popular French Historian.

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  • 16k

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  • 51.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, André Clot ranks 310 out of 561. Before him are Léon Poliakov, Hermann Conring, Marsyas of Pella, Joan Wallach Scott, A. J. P. Taylor, and Gerda Lerner. After him are Edwin O. Reischauer, Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, Joseph-François Michaud, Miroslav Hroch, George Cœdès, and Khalifah ibn Khayyat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, André Clot ranks 206. Before him are Lev Artsimovich, Adam von Trott zu Solz, Endel Puusepp, Milena Pavlović-Barili, Đorđe Vujadinović, and Margaret Sullavan. After him are Guillermo León Valencia, Eva Justin, Phoumi Vongvichit, Christophe Soglo, Eric Ambler, and Riccardo Cassin. Among people deceased in 2002, André Clot ranks 164. Before him are John Thaw, Xavier Montsalvatge, Vlado Perlemuter, Heinz von Foerster, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, and Martti Miettunen. After him are Sune Andersson, Arne Selmosson, Norihito, Prince Takamado, George Sidney, Lawrence Tierney, and Stephen E. Ambrose.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Clot ranks 3,708 out of 6,770. Before him are Albert I, Count of Namur (1000), Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne (1618), Jules Lemaître (1853), Béatrice Dalle (1964), Kalidou Koulibaly (1991), and Jean Coralli (1779). After him are Walid Regragui (1975), Nicolas Dalayrac (1753), Louis Bourdaloue (1632), Jules Janin (1804), Théophile Thoré-Bürger (1807), and Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui (1798).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, André Clot ranks 45. Before him are Claude Cahen (1909), Dudo of Saint-Quentin (960), Élisabeth Roudinesco (1944), Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930), Jean Delumeau (1923), and Stéphane Courtois (1947). After him are Joseph-François Michaud (1767), George Cœdès (1886), Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (1674), Alain Besançon (1932), Jérôme Carcopino (1881), and Ernest Labrousse (1895).

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