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Arno Peters

1916 - 2002

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Arno Peters (22 May 1916 – 2 December 2002) was a German historian who developed the Peters world map, based on the Gall–Peters projection. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arno Peters has received more than 73,123 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Arno Peters is the 177th most popular historian, the 2,560th most popular biography from Germany and the 21st most popular German Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 73k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Arno Peters ranks 177 out of 339. Before him are Roger Chartier, Shlomo Sand, Pulakeshin II, Simon Dubnow, Michael Attaleiates, and Peter Andreas Munch. After him are Festus, Robert Conquest, Heinrich Graetz, Bernard Desclot, Hermann Abert, and Paisius of Hilendar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Arno Peters ranks 113. Before him are Helmut Gröttrup, John Basilone, Unica Zürn, Archie Moore, Edmundo Suárez, and Julian Rotter. After him are Zail Singh, Walter Cronkite, Harold Robbins, Sangoulé Lamizana, Ruth Handler, and Ramón José Velásquez. Among people deceased in 2002, Arno Peters ranks 108. Before him are Victor Weisskopf, J. Lee Thompson, Ted Williams, Joseph Luns, Dhirubhai Ambani, and Waylon Jennings. After him are Michel Henry, Eugene Odum, Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Dida, Rosemary Clooney, and Ruth Handler.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Arno Peters ranks 2,560 out of 6,142. Before him are Helmut Jahn (1940), Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (1601), Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794), Gisela of Burgundy (950), Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772), and Adam Müller (1779). After him are Walter Frentz (1907), Johann Melchior Molter (1696), Gertrude of Süpplingenburg (1115), Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau (1666), Henry E. Steinway (1797), and Richard Hildebrandt (1897).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Arno Peters ranks 21. Before him are Golo Mann (1909), August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735), Helmold (1120), Heinrich von Treitschke (1834), Jan Assmann (1938), and Karl Lamprecht (1856). After him are Hermann Abert (1871), Gerardus Vossius (1577), Abraham Geiger (1810), Fritz Fischer (1908), Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729), and Karl Krumbacher (1856).

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