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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 649,866 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Lasch is the 384th most popular historian (down from 297th in 2019), the 7,237th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,778th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Christopher Lasch ranks 384 out of 339. Before him are Marsyas of Pella, William Robertson, Benny Morris, Timofey Granovsky, Simon Janashia, and J. B. Bury. After him are Carl Benjamin Boyer, Miguel León-Portilla, Stephen Greenblatt, Walter Jens, Richard J. Evans, and Sara Ashurbeyli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Christopher Lasch ranks 345. Before him are Paul Anderson, Bruce Glover, Raymond Kaelbel, Richard Mulligan, Tom Kibble, and Howard Hodgkin. After him are Günter Sawitzki, Roger Dumas, Antonio Suárez, Judy Tyler, Prunella Scales, and Bo Goldman. Among people deceased in 1994, Christopher Lasch ranks 245. Before him are Delio Rodríguez, Devika Rani, Alex Wilson, Alain de Changy, Alan Helffrich, and Paul Anderson. After him are Grisha Filipov, Anthony Peter Khoraish, Dave Albritton, Ion Lăpușneanu, Jimmy Miller, and Frank Belknap Long.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christopher Lasch ranks 7,237 out of 18,182. Before him are Hailee Steinfeld (1996), Christopher McQuarrie (1968), Jake E. Lee (1957), Johnny Dodds (1892), Kasey Rogers (1925), and Campbell Scott (1961). After him are Gary L. Francione (1954), Paul A. Rothchild (1935), Wendie Malick (1950), Leona Woods (1919), Madeleine L'Engle (1918), and Steve Lawrence (1935).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Christopher Lasch ranks 25. Before him are Stephen E. Ambrose (1936), Lothrop Stoddard (1883), Richard N. Frye (1920), Efraim Zuroff (1948), Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917), and Daniel Pipes (1949). After him are Carl Benjamin Boyer (1906), Stephen Greenblatt (1943), Samuel Eliot Morison (1887), Rudolph Rummel (1932), Charles A. Beard (1874), and Alfred W. Crosby (1931).

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