1892 - 1982
Edward Hallett Carr (28 June 1892 – 3 November 1982) was a British historian, diplomat, journalist and international relations theorist, and an opponent of empiricism within historiography. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of E. H. Carr has received more than 551,262 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). E. H. Carr is the 302nd most popular philosopher (up from 358th in 2019), the 549th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 657th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Philosopher.
E. H. Carr is most famous for his book "What is History?" in which he argues that history is the study of the past through the lens of the present. He also argues that history is not the study of facts and events, but rather the study of the meaning of those facts and events.
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Among philosophers, E. H. Carr ranks 302 out of 1,089. Before him are Aenesidemus, Alcmaeon of Croton, Giovanni Gentile, Jerome of Prague, J. L. Austin, and Ram Mohan Roy. After him are Alfred Schütz, Roscellinus, Paramahansa Yogananda, Nicolai Hartmann, Hilary Putnam, and Theano.
80 BC - 10 BC
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 296
510 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 297
1875 - 1944
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 298
1379 - 1416
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 299
1911 - 1960
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 300
1772 - 1833
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 301
1892 - 1982
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 302
1899 - 1959
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 303
1050 - 1121
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 304
1893 - 1952
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 305
1882 - 1950
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 306
1926 - 2016
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 307
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 308
Among people born in 1892, E. H. Carr ranks 39. Before him are Arthur Friedenreich, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, Erwin Panofsky, Stefan Banach, Andrey Yeryomenko, and Amanullah Khan. After him are Nikolai Kondratiev, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Corneille Heymans, William P. Murphy, V. Gordon Childe, and Mary Pickford. Among people deceased in 1982, E. H. Carr ranks 31. Before him are Georges Perec, Gilles Villeneuve, Hans Selye, Hugh Everett III, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, and Helen of Greece and Denmark. After him are John Belushi, Mikhail Suslov, Curd Jürgens, Cevdet Sunay, Lee Strasberg, and Ivan Bagramyan.
1892 - 1969
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 33
1892 - 1980
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 34
1892 - 1968
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 35
1892 - 1945
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 36
1892 - 1970
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 37
1892 - 1960
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 38
1892 - 1982
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 39
1892 - 1938
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 40
1892 - 1984
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 41
1892 - 1968
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 42
1892 - 1987
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 43
1892 - 1957
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 44
1892 - 1979
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 45
1936 - 1982
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 25
1950 - 1982
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 26
1907 - 1982
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 27
1930 - 1982
HPI: 72.68
Rank: 28
1914 - 1982
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 29
1896 - 1982
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 30
1892 - 1982
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 31
1949 - 1982
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 32
1902 - 1982
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 33
1915 - 1982
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 34
1899 - 1982
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 35
1901 - 1982
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 36
1897 - 1982
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 37
Among people born in United Kingdom, E. H. Carr ranks 549 out of 6,924. Before him are Pope Adrian IV (1100), Marie of Romania (1875), John Edward Gray (1800), Harthacnut I of Denmark (880), Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), and J. L. Austin (1911). After him are Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868), Jonathan Pryce (1947), Chris Slade (1946), Malcolm Young (1953), Edmund Spenser (1552), and William John Macquorn Rankine (1820).
1100 - 1159
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 543
1875 - 1938
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 544
1800 - 1875
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 545
880 - 1000
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 546
1473 - 1483
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 547
1911 - 1960
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 548
1892 - 1982
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 549
1868 - 1928
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 550
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 551
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 552
1953 - 2017
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 553
1552 - 1599
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 554
1820 - 1872
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 555
Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, E. H. Carr ranks 21. Before him are Pelagius (360), William Godwin (1756), Thomas Carlyle (1795), G. E. Moore (1873), A. S. Neill (1883), and J. L. Austin (1911). After him are Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), H. L. A. Hart (1907), John of Salisbury (1110), Paul Grice (1913), Francis Hutcheson (1694), and Alan Watts (1915).
360 - 420
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 15
1756 - 1836
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 16
1795 - 1881
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 17
1873 - 1958
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 18
1883 - 1973
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 19
1911 - 1960
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 20
1892 - 1982
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 21
1855 - 1927
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 22
1907 - 1992
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 23
1110 - 1180
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 24
1913 - 1988
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 25
1694 - 1746
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 26
1915 - 1973
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 27