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Charles Rollin

1661 - 1741

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Charles Rollin (30 January 1661 in Paris - 14 December 1741 in Paris) was a French historian and educator, whose popularity in his time combined with becoming forgotten by later generations makes him an epithet, applied to historians such as Jean Charles Leonard de Sismondi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Rollin has received more than 43,558 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Rollin is the 240th most popular historian (down from 177th in 2019), the 3,133rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,687th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular French Historian.

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  • 51.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Charles Rollin ranks 240 out of 339Before him are John King Fairbank, Albert Soboul, Zeev Sternhell, Ibn Hayyan, Philipp Spitta, and Karl Otfried Müller. After him are Gustave Schlumberger, Jean Delumeau, Wilhelm von Bode, Stéphane Courtois, John Foxe, and Tony Judt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1661, Charles Rollin ranks 18Before him are Jahandar Shah, Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Vladimir Atlasov, Antoine Coypel, Giacomo Antonio Perti, and Fyodor Apraksin. After him are Georg Joseph Kamel, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Daniel Marot, and Nicholas Hawksmoor. Among people deceased in 1741, Charles Rollin ranks 17Before him are Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Blas de Lezo, Alvise Pisani, Georg Rafael Donner, and Bernard de Montfaucon. After him are Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Johann Amman, and Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Rollin ranks 3,133 out of 6,011Before him are Mathieu Valbuena (1984), Jean-François Revel (1924), Peter Julian Eymard (1811), Pierre Souvestre (1874), Eustace I, Count of Boulogne (1010), and Orlan (1947). After him are Matthias de l'Obel (1538), Flodoard (894), Pierre Veyron (1903), Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755), David Belle (1973), and Christian Metz (1931).

Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Charles Rollin ranks 33Before him are Henri Maspero (1883), Claude Cahen (1909), Georges Lefebvre (1874), Joseph de Guignes (1721), Paul Veyne (1930), and Marc Ferro (1924). After him are Gustave Schlumberger (1844), Jean Delumeau (1923), Stéphane Courtois (1947), Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930), Émile Mâle (1862), and George Cœdès (1886).