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Gerda Lerner

1920 - 2013

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Gerda Hedwig Lerner (née Kronstein; April 30, 1920 – January 2, 2013) was an Austrian-born American historian and woman's history author. In addition to her numerous scholarly publications, she wrote poetry, fiction, theatre pieces, screenplays, and an autobiography. She served as president of the Organization of American Historians from 1980 to 1981. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerda Lerner has received more than 213,373 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Gerda Lerner is the 309th most popular historian (down from 287th in 2019), the 714th most popular biography from Austria (down from 692nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Historian.

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  • 210k

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  • 51.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Gerda Lerner ranks 309 out of 561. Before her are William H. McNeill, Léon Poliakov, Hermann Conring, Marsyas of Pella, Joan Wallach Scott, and A. J. P. Taylor. After her are André Clot, Edwin O. Reischauer, Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, Joseph-François Michaud, Miroslav Hroch, and George Cœdès.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Gerda Lerner ranks 229. Before her are Hilda Bernard, Eric Sturgess, Robert Leckie, Nikolai Grinko, Hilmar Baunsgaard, and Putra of Perlis. After her are Henry Eriksson, Silvestre Igoa, Natalya Kovshova, Hans Ørberg, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, and Andrew V. McLaglen. Among people deceased in 2013, Gerda Lerner ranks 237. Before her are Norma Bengell, Hans Hass, Daniel Duval, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Zdeněk Zikán, and Hiroshi Nakajima. After her are John Tavener, Cayetano Ré, Robert N. Bellah, Iain Banks, José Faria, and Ladislav Pavlovič.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Gerda Lerner ranks 714 out of 1,424. Before her are Peter Rosegger (1843), Alfred Riedl (1949), Joseph Marx (1882), Sebastian Kurz (1986), Karl Schranz (1938), and Johann von Herbeck (1831). After her are Ernst Jandl (1925), Eva May (1902), Theodor Wagner (1927), Ignaz Holzbauer (1711), Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller (1683), and Friederike Mayröcker (1924).

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Among HISTORIANS In Austria

Among historians born in Austria, Gerda Lerner ranks 6. Before her are Ernst Gombrich (1909), Shlomo Sand (1946), Alois Riegl (1858), Egon Friedell (1878), and İlber Ortaylı (1947). After her are Andreas Maislinger (1955), Riane Eisler (1931), and Herwig Wolfram (1934).

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