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Franz Babinger

1891 - 1967

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Franz Babinger (15 January 1891 – 23 June 1967) was a well-known German orientalist and historian of the Ottoman Empire, best known for his biography of the great Ottoman emperor Mehmed II, known as "the Conqueror", originally published as Mehmed der Eroberer und seine Zeit. An English translation by Ralph Manheim is available from Princeton University Press under the title Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Babinger has received more than 41,598 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Franz Babinger is the 362nd most popular historian (down from 340th in 2019), the 4,283rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,008th in 2019) and the 47th most popular German Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 42k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Franz Babingers by language

Over the past year Franz Babinger has had the most page views in the with 6,633 views, followed by Turkish (4,326), and German (2,225). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Romanian (43.25%), Serbian (36.54%), and Hungarian (21.36%)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Franz Babinger ranks 362 out of 561. Before him are Henri Grégoire, Marc Fumaroli, Peter Gay, Fritz Stern, Ehsan Yarshater, and Géza Alföldy. After him are Leo Allatius, Francis Godwin, Efraim Zuroff, Pierre Chaunu, Jan T. Gross, and Jacob Theodor Klein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Franz Babinger ranks 190. Before him are Princess Pilar of Bavaria, Françoise Rosay, Dmitry Furmanov, Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Jan Wils, and Harald Öhquist. After him are Fritz Rasp, Hamo Beknazarian, Jetta Goudal, Alexander Gorbatov, Mary Browne, and Otilio Ulate Blanco. Among people deceased in 1967, Franz Babinger ranks 177. Before him are Holcombe Ward, Eddie Tolan, Jobyna Ralston, Ciro Alegría, Henry Luce, and Ann Sheridan. After him are Arthur Ransome, Jaromír Weinberger, Thomas Tien Ken-sin, Sig Ruman, Reginald Punnett, and Ramón Zabalo.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Babinger ranks 4,283 out of 7,253. Before him are Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1747), Wolfgang Uhlmann (1935), Ferdinand Keller (1842), Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim (1198), Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1754), and Ute Lemper (1963). After him are Friedrich, Prince of Wied (1872), Jean Gilbert (1879), Paul Janes (1912), Eberhard Weber (1940), Ludwig Berger (1892), and Theo Waigel (1939).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Franz Babinger ranks 47. Before him are Friedrich Kittler (1943), Gerhard Friedrich Müller (1705), Heinrich Gelzer (1847), Walter Burkert (1931), Heinrich Zimmer (1890), and Peter Gay (1923). After him are Georg Gottfried Gervinus (1805), Heinrich von Sybel (1817), Gottfried Arnold (1665), Gerhard Ritter (1888), Heinrich Ewald (1803), and Martin Noth (1902).

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