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Hugh N. Kennedy

1947 - Today

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Hugh Nigel Kennedy (born 22 October 1947) is a British medievalist and academic. He specialises in the history of the early Islamic Middle East, Muslim Iberia and the Crusades. From 1997 to 2007, he was Professor of Middle Eastern History at the University of St Andrews. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh N. Kennedy has received more than 111,854 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh N. Kennedy is the 524th most popular historian, the 5,214th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 67th most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Hugh N. Kennedy ranks 524 out of 561. Before him are Romila Thapar, David Bordwell, Andrei Lankov, Richard G. Hovannisian, David Abulafia, and Gregory Areshian. After him are Edward Duyker, Edward Augustus Freeman, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Richard Taruskin, James H. Billington, and Jan Morris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Hugh N. Kennedy ranks 740. Before him are Flemming Jørgensen, Bryan Sykes, Amory Lovins, Christine Stückelberger, Oswaldo Ramírez, and Francisco Álvarez-Cascos. After him are Boris Gulko, George Alec Effinger, Wilton Daniel Gregory, Millie Small, Yulia Ryabchinskaya, and Arthur Schnabel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh N. Kennedy ranks 5,214 out of 8,785. Before him are Prideaux John Selby (1788), Trevor Ford (1923), Ted Morgan (1906), Montagu Love (1877), Stigand (null), and Ian Raby (1921). After him are Terry Chimes (1956), Charlotte Riley (1981), Basil Heatley (1933), Kenny Acheson (1957), China Miéville (1972), and R. D. Blackmore (1825).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Hugh N. Kennedy ranks 67. Before him are Robert Service (1947), A. H. M. Jones (1904), Mary Beard (1955), Lawrence Stone (1919), Mark Mazower (1958), and David Abulafia (1949). After him are Edward Augustus Freeman (1823), Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938), Jan Morris (1926), Richard Bauckham (1946), Iain Pears (1955), and Warren Treadgold (1949).

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