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David Abulafia

1949 - Today

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David Samuel Harvard Abulafia (born 12 December 1949) is an English historian with a particular interest in Italy, Spain and the rest of the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. He spent most of his career at the University of Cambridge, rising to become a professor at the age of 50. He retired in 2017 as Professor Emeritus of Mediterranean History. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Abulafia has received more than 185,180 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. David Abulafia is the 522nd most popular historian, the 5,072nd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 66th most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, David Abulafia ranks 522 out of 561. Before him are Ivan Charota, R. H. Tawney, Romila Thapar, David Bordwell, Andrei Lankov, and Richard G. Hovannisian. After him are Gregory Areshian, Hugh N. Kennedy, Edward Duyker, Edward Augustus Freeman, Jonathan Riley-Smith, and Richard Taruskin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, David Abulafia ranks 619. Before him are Dorothy Allison, Giuseppe Sabadini, Don Muraco, Jiří Drahoš, Montxo Armendáriz, and Percy Rojas. After him are Chicão, Claudia Kolb, Rod Temperton, Peter Kern, Brian Kidd, and Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Abulafia ranks 5,072 out of 8,785. Before him are Darren Shan (1972), Dannie Abse (1923), Sybil Thorndike (1882), Noni Madueke (2002), Danny Kirwan (1950), and Benjamin Wilson (1721). After him are Alex James (1901), Lionel Atwill (1885), Ann Cleeves (1954), Tommy Lawton (1919), Keith Allen (1953), and G. D. H. Cole (1889).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, David Abulafia ranks 66. Before him are Simon Schama (1945), Robert Service (1947), A. H. M. Jones (1904), Mary Beard (1955), Lawrence Stone (1919), and Mark Mazower (1958). After him are Hugh N. Kennedy (1947), Edward Augustus Freeman (1823), Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938), Jan Morris (1926), Richard Bauckham (1946), and Iain Pears (1955).

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