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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 199,084 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Gerda Lerner is the 287th most popular historian (down from 193rd in 2019), the 696th most popular biography from Austria (down from 567th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Austrian Historian.

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  • 200k

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  • 49.48

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Gerda Lerner ranks 287 out of 339Before her are Maxime Rodinson, John Keegan, Joan Wallach Scott, Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, İbrahim Peçevi, and Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti. After her are Heinrich Zimmer, İlber Ortaylı, Kurt Aland, Paul Kennedy, Edwin O. Reischauer, and Jerónimo Zurita y Castro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Gerda Lerner ranks 222Before her are Stanko Todorov, Bengt Ekerot, Andrew V. McLaglen, Chatichai Choonhavan, Danilo Alvim, and Werner Klemperer. After her are Eiji Okada, Nilde Iotti, Musa Anter, Anne-Cath. Vestly, Ronald Speirs, and Denver Pyle. Among people deceased in 2013, Gerda Lerner ranks 234Before her are Paolo Soleri, Enzo Jannacci, Virginia E. Johnson, Storm Thorgerson, Rentarō Mikuni, and Natalya Gorbanevskaya. After her are Richard C. Sarafian, János Starker, Gerrie Mühren, Eric Ericson, Barry Jackson, and Eydie Gormé.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Gerda Lerner ranks 696 out of 1,237Before her are Egon Wellesz (1885), Wlodimir Ledóchowski (1866), Ernst Stojaspal (1925), Štefan Banič (1870), Ulrich Seidl (1952), and Tina Blau (1845). After her are Josef Abel (1764), Alfred Körner (1926), İlber Ortaylı (1947), Peter Rosegger (1843), Trixi Schuba (1951), and Heinrich von Ferstel (1828).

Among HISTORIANS In Austria

Among historians born in Austria, Gerda Lerner ranks 5Before her are Ernst Gombrich (1909), Alois Riegl (1858), Shlomo Sand (1946), and Egon Friedell (1878). After her are İlber Ortaylı (1947), Riane Eisler (1931), and Andreas Maislinger (1955).