HISTORIAN

Griselda Pollock

1949 - Today

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Griselda Frances Sinclair Pollock (born 11 March 1949) is an art historian and cultural analyst of international, postcolonial feminist studies in visual arts and visual culture. Since 1977, Pollock has been an influential scholar of modern art, avant-garde art, postmodern art, and contemporary art. She is a major influence in feminist theory, feminist art history, and gender studies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Griselda Pollock has received more than 192,861 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Griselda Pollock is the 531st most popular historian (down from 436th in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 169th in 2019) and the most popular South African Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Griselda Pollock ranks 531 out of 561. Before her are Edward Duyker, Edward Augustus Freeman, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Richard Taruskin, James H. Billington, and Jan Morris. After her are Elaine Pagels, John Komlos, Richard Bauckham, Mary Ritter Beard, Iain Pears, and Charles Oman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Griselda Pollock ranks 656. Before her are John Curry, Toller Cranston, Atanas Mihaylov, Walter Corbo, Adrian Alston, and Ayşe Erzan. After her are Ludwig Schick, Paul Orndorff, John W. Henry, Barriemore Barlow, Daniel Leclercq, and Baleka Mbete.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Griselda Pollock ranks 197 out of 454. Before her are Reeva Steenkamp (1983), Clarence Walker (1898), Mzilikazi (1790), Leal (null), Athol Fugard (1932), and Karel Schoeman (1939). After her are Florence Fuller (1867), Charlbi Dean (1990), Baleka Mbete (1949), Govan Mbeki (1910), Thomas Shardelow (1931), and Robert Fowler (1931).

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Among HISTORIANS In South Africa

Among historians born in South Africa, Griselda Pollock ranks 1. After her are Wendy Beckett (1930).

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