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Ariel Durant

1898 - 1981

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Ariel Durant (; May 10, 1898 – October 25, 1981) was a Ukrainian-born American researcher and writer. She was the coauthor of The Story of Civilization with her husband, Will Durant. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ariel Durant has received more than 283,099 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ariel Durant is the 4,552nd most popular writer (up from 4,995th in 2019), the 702nd most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 689th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Ukrainian Writer.

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  • 48.84

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.85

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  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Story of Civilization X
Civilization, History
1967
The Complete Story of Civilization
1935
The Story of Civilization VII
Civilization, Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648, History
1961
The Story of Civilization VIII
History
1963
The Story of Civilization IX
History, Civilization, Europe -- History -- 18th century
1965
The Lessons of History
Philosophy, History, History, philosophy
Written by the authors of the 10 volume *The Story of Civilization*, this short (fewer than 120 pages) work notes "events and comments that might illuminate present affairs, future probabilities, the nature of man, and the conduct of states." Its 13 chapters discuss historiography (what is history), history and the earth, history and biology, race, character, morals, religion, economics, socialism, government, war, growth and decay. The final chapter asks, "Is progress real?"
1968

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ariel Durant ranks 4,552 out of 7,302. Before her are David Mamet, Can Xue, Kamala Surayya, Ernst Stadler, Isaac Watts, and Nikolay Zabolotsky. After her are Runer Jonsson, Charles Simic, Philippe Hériat, Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Jayakanthan, and Birgitta Trotzig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Ariel Durant ranks 198. Before her are Mikhail Artamonov, Dorothy Gish, Alfred Schmidt, M. Ageyev, Boughera El Ouafi, and Harry Patch. After her are Philippe Hériat, Shirley Booth, Princess Nadejda Petrovna of Russia, Jim Fouché, Preston Sturges, and Roald Larsen. Among people deceased in 1981, Ariel Durant ranks 170. Before her are Elemér Kocsis, Andreas Alföldi, Hoagy Carmichael, Sven Andersson, Mike Bloomfield, and Zoya Fyodorova. After her are J. L. Mackie, Mica Todorović, Anita Loos, Ludwig Goldbrunner, Stanisław Mazur, and Morris Kirksey.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Ariel Durant ranks 702 out of 1,365. Before her are Mark Donskoy (1901), Sviatoslav III of Kiev (null), Viktor Sadovnichiy (1939), Volodymyr Onyshchenko (1949), Leo Deutsch (1855), and Jan Szczepanik (1872). After her are Nicolas Rossolimo (1910), Mykhaylo Semenko (1892), Zbigniew Messner (1929), Oleksiy Fedorov (1901), Julian Fałat (1853), and Alexander Tairov (1885).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Ariel Durant ranks 103. Before her are Dobrodeia of Kiev (1101), Yurii Andrukhovych (1960), Vladimir Dudintsev (1918), Anatoly Kuznetsov (1929), Sofia Yablonska (1907), and Itzik Feffer (1900). After her are Mykhaylo Semenko (1892), Alexander Tairov (1885), Margarita Aliger (1915), Hermann Kesten (1900), Mykola Zerov (1890), and Emma Andijewska (1931).

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