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Ellen Meiksins Wood

1942 - 2016

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Ellen Meiksins Wood (April 12, 1942 – January 14, 2016) was an American-Canadian Marxist historian, and one of the primary developers of the Marxist tendency known as political Marxism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ellen Meiksins Wood has received more than 227,529 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ellen Meiksins Wood is the 544th most popular historian, the 13,653rd most popular biography from United States and the 50th most popular American Historian.

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  • 38.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ellen Meiksins Wood ranks 544 out of 561. Before her are Richard Hofstadter, Warren Treadgold, Gábor Kósa, Francis Parkman, Anthony Grafton, and Oliver Grau. After her are Irfan Habib, Gerhard Weinberg, Bernard Bailyn, Janusz Kurtyka, Stephen Kotkin, and Allan Lichtman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Ellen Meiksins Wood ranks 704. Before her are Betsey Johnson, Ruben Kun, Suzanne Cory, Jan Wienese, Ian Hancock, and Joy Behar. After her are Muriel Day, Mac Davis, Richard M. Daley, Adrian Metcalfe, Sharon Olds, and Jeff Astle. Among people deceased in 2016, Ellen Meiksins Wood ranks 575. Before her are Aleš Debeljak, Arsen Pavlov, Sidney Drell, Guy Clark, Peter Brabrook, and Susan Lindquist. After her are Kay Starr, Thiego, Janet Waldo, Ronnie Corbett, Bob Bennett, and Maurice G. Dantec.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellen Meiksins Wood ranks 13,653 out of 20,380. Before her are Joe Fortenberry (1911), Archie Williams (1915), Matt Vogel (1957), Mark Z. Danielewski (1966), Dan Calichman (1968), and Amy Heckerling (1954). After her are Ken Levine (1966), Ray Ozzie (1955), Carmelita Jeter (1979), Kim Director (1974), Robert Hunter (1941), and Kay Starr (1922).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Ellen Meiksins Wood ranks 50. Before her are James H. Billington (1929), Elaine Pagels (1943), Mary Ritter Beard (1876), Richard Hofstadter (1916), Francis Parkman (1823), and Anthony Grafton (1950). After her are Bernard Bailyn (1922), Stephen Kotkin (1959), Allan Lichtman (1947), and Victor Davis Hanson (1953).

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