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Benny Morris

1948 - Today

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Benny Morris (Hebrew: בני מוריס; born 8 December 1948) is an Israeli historian. He was a professor of history in the Middle East Studies department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in the city of Beersheba, Israel. Morris was initially associated with the group of Israeli historians known as the "New Historians", a term he coined to describe himself and historians Avi Shlaim, Ilan Pappé and Simha Flapan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benny Morris has received more than 539,042 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Benny Morris is the 340th most popular historian (up from 380th in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Israel (up from 257th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Israeli Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Benny Morrises by language

Over the past year Benny Morris has had the most page views in the with 311,877 views, followed by German (17,787), and Hebrew (17,677). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are English (620.55%), Swedish (438.11%), and German (424.23%)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Benny Morris ranks 340 out of 561. Before him are Mykhailo Maksymovych, Walter Burkert, Edward Granville Browne, Paul Kennedy, Israel Gutman, and Timothy D. Snyder. After him are John King Fairbank, Ronald Syme, Heinrich Zimmer, Ernest Fenollosa, Girolamo Mei, and Jérôme Carcopino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Benny Morris ranks 353. Before him are Humayun Ahmed, Joaquín Almunia, Susanna Kaysen, Jean-Pierre Monseré, Lojze Peterle, and Nate Archibald. After him are Raúl Reyes, T. C. Boyle, Hans Moravec, Louis Raphaël I Sako, John Ashton, and Sinéad Cusack.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Benny Morris ranks 255 out of 466. Before him are Amira Hass (1956), Nurit Peled-Elhanan (1949), Israel Finkelstein (1949), Ayelet Zurer (1969), Nehemiah Persoff (1919), and Ari Folman (1962). After him are Yossi Benayoun (1980), Yaakov Neeman (1939), Joseph Raz (1939), Ilanit (1947), Elia Suleiman (1960), and Rika Zaraï (1938).

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Among HISTORIANS In Israel

Among historians born in Israel, Benny Morris ranks 7. Before him are Josephus (37), William of Tyre (1130), Procopius (500), Yuval Noah Harari (1976), Sextus Julius Africanus (160), and Tom Segev (1945).

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