HISTORIAN

Georges Duby

1919 - 1996

Photo of Georges Duby

Icon of person Georges Duby

Georges Duby (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ dybi]; 7 October 1919 – 3 December 1996) was a French historian who specialised in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages. He ranks among the most influential medieval historians of the twentieth century and was one of France's most prominent public intellectuals from the 1970s to his death. In 2019, his work was published in the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Duby has received more than 142,811 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Georges Duby is the 84th most popular historian (down from 83rd in 2019), the 1,208th most popular biography from France (up from 1,288th in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Historian.

Georges Duby is most famous for his work on medieval European history. He is credited with popularizing the term "femme sole" in the late 20th century.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Georges Duby ranks 84 out of 561Before him are Lev Gumilyov, Nicolaus of Damascus, Carlo Ginzburg, Donna Haraway, Flavio Biondo, and Al-Maqrizi. After him are Julius Wellhausen, Erich Auerbach, George Ostrogorsky, Al-Waqidi, Hermann Alexander Diels, and Timaeus.

Most Popular Historians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Georges Duby ranks 42Before him are James Lovelock, Mordechai Anielewicz, Jennifer Jones, Gillo Pontecorvo, Jackie Robinson, and Pete Seeger. After him are Charles Sweeney, Abdel Hakim Amer, Godfrey Hounsfield, Elisabeth Volkenrath, Siad Barre, and Donald J. Cram. Among people deceased in 1996, Georges Duby ranks 43Before him are Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Victor Ambartsumian, William Vickrey, António de Spínola, Shūsaku Endō, and Claudette Colbert. After him are Alain Poher, Fujiko Fujio, Timothy Leary, P. L. Travers, Ernesto Geisel, and Nevill Francis Mott.

Others Born in 1919

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1996

Go to all Rankings

In France

Among people born in France, Georges Duby ranks 1,208 out of 6,770Before him are Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749), Francis III, Duke of Brittany (1518), Fromental Halévy (1799), Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (1334), Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767), and Armand Guillaumin (1841). After him are Henry, Count of Portugal (1066), Jean Bart (1650), Jean-Louis Tauran (1943), Louis Le Prince (1841), Louise de Marillac (1591), and Maurice Thorez (1900).

Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Georges Duby ranks 13Before him are Lucien Febvre (1878), François Guizot (1787), Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Gaston Maspero (1846), and Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929). After him are Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914), Paul Veyne (1930), René Grousset (1885), Emmanuel Todd (1951), François Furet (1927), and Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme (1540).