SOCIOLOGIST

Basil Bernstein

1924 - 2000

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Basil Bernard Bernstein (1 November 1924 – 24 September 2000) was a British sociologist known for his work in the sociology of education. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Basil Bernstein has received more than 300,403 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Basil Bernstein is the 51st most popular sociologist (down from 46th in 2019), the 2,403rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,073rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Sociologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Basil Bernstein ranks 51 out of 79. Before him are Nils Christie, Edwin Sutherland, Randall Collins, George C. Homans, Lewis A. Coser, and Marcel Granet. After him are Ernest Burgess, T. H. Marshall, Robert N. Bellah, Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Raewyn Connell, and Erik Olin Wright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Basil Bernstein ranks 212. Before him are Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Anatoli Bashashkin, Idries Shah, Jean Laplanche, Evald Ilyenkov, and Juan Carlos González. After him are Anne Vernon, J. J. Johnson, Vilgot Sjöman, Viktor Astafyev, Leslie Phillips, and Marga López. Among people deceased in 2000, Basil Bernstein ranks 142. Before him are Gus Hall, Jean Carzou, Antti Hyvärinen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., W. D. Hamilton, and Abraham Pais. After him are Jean-Claude Izzo, Nicholas Clay, Julie London, John Tukey, Hendrik C. van de Hulst, and Ioannis Mitropoulos.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Basil Bernstein ranks 2,403 out of 8,785. Before him are Hayley Atwell (1982), William Gull (1816), John Williams (1903), Toby Jones (1966), Tania Mallet (1941), and David Crystal (1941). After him are Mary Ann Cotton (1832), John Ford (1586), Mark Thatcher (1953), George Turner (1841), Damian Lewis (1971), and Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (1891).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among sociologists born in United Kingdom, Basil Bernstein ranks 2. Before him are Anthony Giddens (1938). After him are T. H. Marshall (1893), Michael Mann (1942), Anthony D. Smith (1939), Margaret Archer (1943), and John Urry (1946).

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