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E. P. Thompson

1924 - 1993

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Edward Palmer Thompson (3 February 1924 – 28 August 1993) was an English historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner. He is best known for his historical work on the radical movements in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in particular The Making of the English Working Class (1963). In 1966, Thompson coined the term "history from below" to describe his approach to social history, which became one of the most consequential developments within the global history discipline. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of E. P. Thompson has received more than 674,777 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). E. P. Thompson is the 164th most popular historian (down from 132nd in 2019), the 1,654th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,517th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Historian.

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  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, E. P. Thompson ranks 164 out of 561. Before him are Marin Barleti, Matthew of Edessa, Ibn al-Faqih, Arnold Toynbee, Hermann Abert, and Ibn Wahshiyya. After him are Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, Guibert of Nogent, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, Edgar Quinet, Sozomen, and Ernst Kantorowicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, E. P. Thompson ranks 133. Before him are Bayezid Osman, Neville Marriner, Georg Ratzinger, József Zakariás, Lubomír Štrougal, and Allan Edwall. After him are Machiko Kyō, Chet Atkins, Mohammed Rafi, Alime Abdenanova, George Mikan, and Charles Bachman. Among people deceased in 1993, E. P. Thompson ranks 86. Before him are Godfrey Chitalu, Marian Anderson, Monte Melkonian, Wolfgang Lotz, René Pleven, and József Antall. After him are Shovkat Alakbarova, Christian Metz, Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Joseph Serchuk, Bruno Rossi, and GG Allin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, E. P. Thompson ranks 1,654 out of 8,785. Before him are Rebecca West (1892), Sebastian Coe (1956), Kate Moss (1974), Thomas Sydenham (1624), Jeanette (1951), and Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737). After him are Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841), Eileen Atkins (1934), David Ogilvy (1911), Margaret Bondfield (1873), Jethro Tull (1674), and William Hamilton (1730).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, E. P. Thompson ranks 12. Before him are Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), C. Northcote Parkinson (1909), Peter Burke (1937), Ian Kershaw (1943), Norman Davies (1939), and Arnold Toynbee (1852). After him are Anthony Blunt (1907), Steven Runciman (1903), Antony Beevor (1946), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), William of Malmesbury (1080), and Robert Conquest (1917).

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