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Benny Morris

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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 629,685 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Benny Morris is the 380th most popular historian (down from 294th in 2019), the 260th most popular biography from Israel (down from 243rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Israeli Historian.

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  • 630k

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  • 45.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Benny Morris ranks 380 out of 339. Before him are Daniel Pipes, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Anton Heinrich Springer, Marsyas of Pella, and William Robertson. After him are Timofey Granovsky, Simon Janashia, J. B. Bury, Christopher Lasch, Carl Benjamin Boyer, and Miguel León-Portilla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Benny Morris ranks 432. Before him are Garrick Ohlsson, Chantal Lauby, Ivan Yarygin, Avery Brooks, Natalya Gundareva, and Felix Kulov. After him are John Foxx, Argentina Menis, Richard Riehle, Edward Rutherfurd, Johan Boskamp, and Abdul Quader Molla.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Benny Morris ranks 260 out of 430. Before him are Yossi Beilin (1948), Elia Suleiman (1960), Benny Hinn (1952), Gideon Toury (1942), Eran Zahavi (1987), and Tony Cliff (1917). After him are Yossi Sarid (1940), Ruth Arnon (1933), Nir Barkat (1959), S. Yizhar (1916), Ilanit (1947), and Hany Abu-Assad (1961).

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Among HISTORIANS In Israel

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

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