HISTORIAN

Ernst Gombrich

1909 - 2001

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Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich (; German: [ˈgɔmbʁɪç]; 30 March 1909 – 3 November 2001) was an Austrian-born art historian who, after settling in England in 1936, became a naturalised British citizen in 1947 and spent most of his working life in the United Kingdom. Gombrich was the author of many works of cultural history and art history, most notably The Story of Art, a book widely regarded as one of the most accessible introductions to the visual arts, and Art and Illusion, a major work in the psychology of perception that influenced thinkers as diverse as Carlo Ginzburg, Nelson Goodman, Umberto Eco, and Thomas Kuhn. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Gombrich has received more than 443,452 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ernst Gombrich is the 50th most popular historian (down from 42nd in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 138th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Historian.

Ernst Gombrich is most famous for his book The Story of Art, which is a comprehensive survey of the history of art.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ernst Gombrich ranks 50 out of 561. Before him are Euhemerus, François Guizot, Leonardo Bruni, Niketas Choniates, Aby Warburg, and Henri Pirenne. After him are Joseph Justus Scaliger, Socrates of Constantinople, Jared Diamond, Johann Gustav Droysen, Marcus Velleius Paterculus, and Geoffrey of Villehardouin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Ernst Gombrich ranks 21. Before him are Andrei Gromyko, Talal of Jordan, Stanislaw Ulam, Elia Kazan, Li Xiannian, and Isaiah Berlin. After him are Mohammed Daoud Khan, Carmen Miranda, Magda Schneider, Souphanouvong, Marinus van der Lubbe, and Aleksandar Ranković. Among people deceased in 2001, Ernst Gombrich ranks 21. Before him are Christiaan Barnard, Fred Hoyle, Wilhelm Mohnke, Iannis Xenakis, Gilbert Bécaud, and Alberto Korda. After him are Douglas Adams, Nikolay Basov, Marie José of Belgium, Clifford Shull, Robert Ludlum, and Dương Văn Minh.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ernst Gombrich ranks 142 out of 1,424. Before him are Frederick the Fair (1289), Hermann Broch (1886), Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (1559), Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1746), and Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria (1750). After him are Edward Bernays (1891), Michael Haydn (1737), Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (1573), Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (1751), Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865), and Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1351).

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Among HISTORIANS In Austria

Among historians born in Austria, Ernst Gombrich ranks 1. After him are Shlomo Sand (1946), Alois Riegl (1858), Egon Friedell (1878), İlber Ortaylı (1947), Gerda Lerner (1920), Andreas Maislinger (1955), Riane Eisler (1931), and Herwig Wolfram (1934).

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