HISTORIAN

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

1917 - 2007

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Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. ( SHLESS-in-jər; born Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger; October 15, 1917 – February 28, 2007) was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual. The son of the influential historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. has received more than 694,409 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. is the 401st most popular historian (down from 356th in 2019), the 6,408th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,493rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ranks 401 out of 561. Before him are Taner Akçam, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro, Gottfried Arnold, Martin van Creveld, Agnes Arber, and Gerhard Ritter. After him are Stanley Morison, Olena Apanovych, Philip K. Hitti, Vladimir Ćorović, Florian Cajori, and Chimalpahin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ranks 236. Before him are Helena Rasiowa, Sidney Nolan, Fyodor Khitruk, Robert Lowell, Ramanand Sagar, and James Donald. After him are Robert Fano, Ibrahim Shams, Madeleine Robinson, Joseph Wresinski, James Jesus Angleton, and John Berry. Among people deceased in 2007, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ranks 260. Before him are László Kovács, Zara Dolukhanova, Joseíto, Kerwin Mathews, Helen Walton, and Josep Pintat Solans. After him are Benito Lorenzi, Iwao Takamoto, Joey Bishop, Zahrad, Blaga Aleksova, and Chrisye.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ranks 6,408 out of 20,380. Before him are Charlie Dominici (1951), Saul Alinsky (1909), Victor Buono (1938), Anne Shirley (1918), Isaiah Thomas (1989), and Will Yun Lee (1971). After him are Robert B. Parker (1932), Gerald Guralnik (1936), Richard Lewontin (1929), Jim Keltner (1942), Cordwainer Smith (1913), and Jack Coleman (1958).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ranks 23. Before him are Ernest Fenollosa (1853), William H. Prescott (1796), Robert Darnton (1939), Stanley G. Payne (1934), Efraim Zuroff (1948), and Richard N. Frye (1920). After him are Daniel Pipes (1949), Carl Benjamin Boyer (1906), Daniel J. Boorstin (1914), Robert Jay Lifton (1926), Lothrop Stoddard (1883), and Charles A. Beard (1874).

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