HISTORIAN

Frederick Jackson Turner

1861 - 1932

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Frederick Jackson Turner (November 14, 1861 – March 14, 1932) was an American historian during the early 20th century, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison until 1910, and then Harvard University. He was known primarily for his frontier thesis. He trained many PhDs who went on to become well-known historians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick Jackson Turner has received more than 598,177 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Frederick Jackson Turner is the 196th most popular historian (up from 197th in 2019), the 3,231st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,515th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Frederick Jackson Turners by language

Over the past year Frederick Jackson Turner has had the most page views in the with 50,240 views, followed by German (3,283), and French (3,232). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cantonese (109.68%), Malagasy (89.84%), and Catalan (75.84%)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Frederick Jackson Turner ranks 196 out of 561. Before him are Adémar de Chabannes, Philistus, Slobodan Jovanović, W. Montgomery Watt, William of Malmesbury, and Évariste Lévi-Provençal. After him are Max Weinreich, Abu Mikhnaf, Linda Nochlin, Robert Conquest, Ibn Abd al-Hakam, and Pulakeshin II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Frederick Jackson Turner ranks 72. Before him are Katō Tomosaburō, Nikolay Zelinsky, Ivana Kobilca, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke, Madan Mohan Malaviya, and Hermann Muthesius. After him are Eduard, Duke of Anhalt, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Henri Mathias Berthelot, Auguste Vaillant, Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen, and Emil Wiechert. Among people deceased in 1932, Frederick Jackson Turner ranks 59. Before him are Patrick Geddes, Peg Entwistle, Nureddin Pasha, Farabundo Martí, Pēteris Stučka, and Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov. After him are Max Slevogt, Alajos Szokolyi, Rudolf Bauer, Bipin Chandra Pal, Maximilian Voloshin, and Paolo Boselli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frederick Jackson Turner ranks 3,231 out of 20,380. Before him are Ciara (1985), Herb Ritts (1952), Andrea Dworkin (1946), Jill St. John (1940), Blake Lively (1987), and Diane Venora (1952). After him are Rensis Likert (1903), Rue McClanahan (1934), Vito Acconci (1940), Roy Sullivan (1912), John Barth (1930), and Jim Thorpe (1887).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Frederick Jackson Turner ranks 9. Before him are Donna Haraway (1944), Richard Sennett (1943), Natalie Zemon Davis (1928), Hayden White (1928), Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), and Howard Zinn (1922). After him are Linda Nochlin (1931), Joan Wallach Scott (1941), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), Donald Keene (1922), Stephen E. Ambrose (1936), and Timothy D. Snyder (1969).

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