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Georges Duby

1919 - 1996

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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 134,124 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.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Georges Dubies by language

Over the past year Georges Duby has had the most page views in the with 26,592 views, followed by English (15,249), and Spanish (12,412). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (64.16%), Egyptian Arabic (58.73%), and Basque (56.83%)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Georges Duby ranks 84 out of 561. Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Georges Duby ranks 42. Before 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 43. Before 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.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Duby ranks 1,208 out of 6,770. Before 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).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Georges Duby ranks 13. Before 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).

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