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Christopher Lasch

1932 - 1994

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Robert Christopher Lasch (June 1, 1932 – February 14, 1994) was an American historian, moralist and social critic who was a history professor at the University of Rochester. He sought to use history to demonstrate what he saw as the pervasiveness with which major institutions, public and private, were eroding the competence and independence of families and communities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Lasch has received more than 724,892 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Lasch is the 489th most popular historian (down from 384th in 2019), the 8,474th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,222nd in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Historian.

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  • 720k

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  • 52.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Christopher Lasch ranks 489 out of 561. Before him are Richard Overy, Kenneth Clark, Aleks Buda, Henry James Sumner Maine, Irina Antonova, and Orlando Figes. After him are American Horse, H. J. R. Murray, George Grote, Christopher Clark, Stephen F. Cohen, and Walter Jens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Christopher Lasch ranks 423. Before him are Antonio Suárez, Abel Aganbegyan, Ernst Hinterseer, Bernhard Vogel, Suzy Parker, and Judy Tyler. After him are Noël Milarew Odingar, Jiří Havlis, Robert H. Dennard, Therese Zenz, Abby Dalton, and S. M. Krishna. Among people deceased in 1994, Christopher Lasch ranks 288. Before him are Jim Brown, Reinaldo Gorno, Jacques Dimont, Barry Sullivan, Alex Wilson, and Savannah. After him are Dan Hartman, Anita Lizana, Jimmy Miller, Agostino Di Bartolomei, Dack Rambo, and Alfredo Pérez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christopher Lasch ranks 8,474 out of 20,380. Before him are Micky Dolenz (1945), Kari Lake (1969), Wang Leehom (1976), Mary Barra (1961), Billy Strayhorn (1915), and Cam Gigandet (1982). After him are Phyllis Somerville (1943), Chill Wills (1902), Leslie Jordan (1955), Corine Mauch (1960), Helen Slater (1963), and Annette Charles (1948).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Christopher Lasch ranks 35. Before him are Charles A. Beard (1874), Charles Homer Haskins (1870), Rudolph Rummel (1932), Christopher Browning (1944), Samuel Eliot Morison (1887), and Alfred W. Crosby (1931). After him are American Horse (1840), Stephen F. Cohen (1938), Stephen Greenblatt (1943), Carroll Quigley (1910), Drew Gilpin Faust (1947), and David Bordwell (1947).

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