HISTORIAN

Gustave Lanson

1857 - 1934

Photo of Gustave Lanson

Icon of person Gustave Lanson

Gustave Lanson (French pronunciation: [ɡystav lɑ̃sɔ̃]; 5 August 1857 – 15 December 1934) was a French historian and literary critic. He taught at the Sorbonne and the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustave Lanson has received more than 43,790 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Gustave Lanson is the 237th most popular historian (up from 318th in 2019), the 3,175th most popular biography from France (up from 3,790th in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 44k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Gustave Lanson ranks 237 out of 561. Before him are Reinhart Dozy, Gerald of Wales, Maxime Rodinson, Alexander Kazhdan, Johannes Aventinus, and Timothy Garton Ash. After him are Marc Ferro, Gustave Schlumberger, Lucius Coelius Antipater, Elishe, Saul Friedländer, and Krste Misirkov.

Most Popular Historians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Gustave Lanson ranks 78. Before him are Abdurreshid Ibrahim, Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt, Wilhelm Kienzl, Uroš Predić, and Juan Luna. After him are Ernst Trygger, Stojan Protić, Filippo Turati, Shibli Nomani, Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, and Alfred Bruneau. Among people deceased in 1934, Gustave Lanson ranks 84. Before him are Infante Gonzalo of Spain, Lauri Ingman, Carlos Chagas, François Coty, Rudolf Maister, and Pablo Gargallo. After him are Baby Face Nelson, Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, Catherine Breshkovsky, Alfred Bruneau, Carl Charlier, and Karl von Einem.

Others Born in 1857

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1934

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Gustave Lanson ranks 3,175 out of 6,770. Before him are Bénézet (1165), Anne Henriette of Bavaria (1648), Michel Ocelot (1943), Lucien Quélet (1832), Gérard Darmon (1948), and Jacques Blanchard (1600). After him are Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza (1909), André-Louis Danjon (1890), Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy (1386), Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval (1808), Jacques-André Naigeon (1738), and Henri Meilhac (1831).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Gustave Lanson ranks 31. Before him are Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610), Roger Chartier (1945), Adémar de Chabannes (989), Henri Maspero (1883), Georges Lefebvre (1874), and Maxime Rodinson (1915). After him are Marc Ferro (1924), Gustave Schlumberger (1844), Charles Rollin (1661), Joseph de Guignes (1721), Émile Mâle (1862), and Bernard Desclot (1201).

French born Historians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous