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George Finlay

1799 - 1875

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George Finlay (21 December 1799 – 26 January 1875) was a Scottish historian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Finlay has received more than 52,716 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. George Finlay is the 438th most popular historian, the 3,735th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 43rd most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 53k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, George Finlay ranks 438 out of 561. Before him are Frances Yates, Américo Castro, Daniel J. Boorstin, Michael Panaretos, Martin Noth, and H. A. R. Gibb. After him are Aron Gurevich, Robert Jay Lifton, Hugo Falcandus, Mikheil Tsereteli, Joseph Hergenröther, and Martin Gilbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, George Finlay ranks 54. Before him are Frederick Catherwood, William Rutter Dawes, James Prinsep, Edward Belcher, Henry Monnier, and Eliza Acton. After him are František Čelakovský, Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, Jean Baptiste Boisduval, Avdotia Istomina, David Douglas, and Samuel George Morton. Among people deceased in 1875, George Finlay ranks 71. Before him are Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Joseph Othmar Rauscher, Virginie Ancelot, Heinrich Ewald, and Zecharias Frankel. After him are Aristeidis Moraitinis, Maria Röhl, Henry Kellett, John Gardner Wilkinson, Karl Mauch, and Julián Castro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Finlay ranks 3,735 out of 8,785. Before him are Winifred McNair (1877), William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810), Joseph Thomson (1858), William Thomas Blanford (1832), Eliza Acton (1799), and Captain Tom (1920). After him are Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557), Angela Mortimer (1932), Jeremy Wade (1956), Prince Frederick of Great Britain (1750), Matthew Parker (1504), and Edwin Atherstone (1788).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, George Finlay ranks 43. Before him are Thomas Fuller (1608), Thomas Walker Arnold (1864), G. M. Trevelyan (1876), Frederic G. Kenyon (1863), William Mitchell Ramsay (1851), and Frances Yates (1899). After him are Martin Gilbert (1936), Niall Ferguson (1964), David Marshall Lang (1924), Donald Nicol (1923), Richard J. Evans (1947), and William Robertson (1721).

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