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David Harvey

1935 - Today

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David W. Harvey (born 31 October 1935) is a British-American academic best known for Marxist analyses that focus on urban geography as well as the economy more broadly. He is a Distinguished Professor of anthropology and geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). Harvey has authored many books and essays that have been prominent in the development of modern geography as a discipline. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Harvey has received more than 1,037,816 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. David Harvey is the 22nd most popular geographer (down from 18th in 2019), the 802nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 708th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Geographer.

David Harvey is a geographer and a Marxist scholar. He is most famous for his book "The Limits to Capital" which is a critique of the capitalist system.

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  • 61.30

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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, David Harvey ranks 22 out of 86. Before him are Pomponius Mela, Ibn Khordadbeh, Paul Vidal de La Blache, Ibn Jubayr, James Lovelock, and Sebastian Münster. After him are Al-Bakri, Élisée Reclus, Abraham Cresques, Zakariya al-Qazwini, Fra Mauro, and William Morris Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, David Harvey ranks 51. Before him are Mirella Freni, Ei-ichi Negishi, Jack Kemp, Harvey J. Alter, Harrison Schmitt, and Pepe. After him are Zhelyu Zhelev, John Saxon, Satoshi Ōmura, Masahito, Prince Hitachi, Monique Wittig, and Ernesto Laclau.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Harvey ranks 802 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), Sawney Bean (1600), Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848), John Ambrose Fleming (1849), Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897), and William Ewart Gladstone (1809). After him are John Vane (1927), George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866), John Langdon Down (1828), Adam Ferguson (1723), Diana Wynne Jones (1934), and Robert Graves (1895).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In United Kingdom

Among geographers born in United Kingdom, David Harvey ranks 3. Before him are George Everest (1790), and James Lovelock (1919). After him are John Walter Gregory (1864), Doreen Massey (1944), Aaron Arrowsmith (1750), John Speed (1551), Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880), and Alexander Keith Johnston (1804).

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