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Henri Maspero

1883 - 1945

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Henri Paul Gaston Maspero (15 December 1883 – 17 March 1945) was a French sinologist and professor who contributed to a variety of topics relating to East Asia. Maspero is best known for his pioneering studies of Daoism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Maspero has received more than 55,334 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Maspero is the 226th most popular historian (down from 200th in 2019), the 3,117th most popular biography from France (down from 2,913th in 2019) and the 28th most popular French Historian.

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  • 53.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Henri Maspero ranks 226 out of 561. Before him are Sigfried Giedion, Ahmad Kasravi, Albert Soboul, Moritz Cantor, Ghazar Parpetsi, and Bernard Berenson. After him are Peter Andreas Munch, Georges Lefebvre, Halil İnalcık, Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi, Reinhart Dozy, and Gerald of Wales.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Henri Maspero ranks 131. Before him are Richard Ruoff, Enrico Toselli, Arnold Bax, Hubert Pierlot, Paul Levi, and Olga Kameneva. After him are Fritz Platten, Eric Temple Bell, Vladimir Kappel, Edwin Sutherland, Paul Bader, and Ludwig Müller. Among people deceased in 1945, Henri Maspero ranks 203. Before him are Jerome Kern, Rash Behari Bose, Adolf Bertram, Carl Moll, Emily Carr, and Karl Decker. After him are Roberto Farinacci, Augustín Malár, Rolf Carls, Yakov Protazanov, John Curtin, and Gustav Fehn.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Maspero ranks 3,117 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821), Fud Leclerc (1924), Jean de Roquetaillade (1310), Olivier Panis (1966), Pascal Greggory (1954), and Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1798). After him are Michel Duchaussoy (1938), Georges Lefebvre (1874), Étienne Pivert de Senancour (1770), Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756), Yves Robert (1920), and Jean Echenoz (1947).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Henri Maspero ranks 28. Before him are Guibert of Nogent (1055), Edgar Quinet (1803), Charles Diehl (1859), Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610), Roger Chartier (1945), and Adémar de Chabannes (989). After him are Georges Lefebvre (1874), Maxime Rodinson (1915), Gustave Lanson (1857), Marc Ferro (1924), Gustave Schlumberger (1844), and Charles Rollin (1661).

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