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Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton

1931 - 2017

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Hugh Swynnerton Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (21 October 1931 – 7 May 2017) was an English historian and writer, best known for his book The Spanish Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton has received more than 145,079 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton is the 386th most popular historian (down from 310th in 2019), the 3,278th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,945th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

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  • 48.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton ranks 386 out of 561. Before him are Andreas Alföldi, Marin Drinov, Andrea Riccardi, Boris Rybakov, Fenestella, and Heinrich von Sybel. After him are Sheila Fitzpatrick, İbrahim Peçevi, Stepanos Asoghik, Cyril Toumanoff, Dino Compagni, and Hugh Trevor-Roper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton ranks 339. Before him are Murad Wilfried Hofmann, André Noyelle, Diana Dors, John Baldessari, Ángel Berni, and George Maxwell Richards. After him are Dan Rather, Hal Needham, Gordon Willis, Marshall Applewhite, Anatoli Ilyin, and Denise Scott Brown. Among people deceased in 2017, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton ranks 329. Before him are Nicky Hayden, Abdur Rahman Biswas, Giuliano Sarti, Amotz Zahavi, Martin McGuinness, and Ángel Berni. After him are Yambo Ouologuem, Míriam Colón, Ezio Pascutti, Rance Howard, Vyacheslav Ivanov, and Karl-Erik Nilsson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton ranks 3,278 out of 8,785. Before him are Ramón Zabalo (1910), Marina Sirtis (1955), Alexander Gardner (1821), Doreen Massey (1944), Cliff Allison (1932), and Mick Hucknall (1960). After him are Carey Mulligan (1985), Noah Taylor (1969), Reg Parnell (1911), Reginald Owen (1887), Edmund Purdom (1926), and Tony Christie (1943).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton ranks 33. Before him are Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928), A. J. P. Taylor (1906), Edward Granville Browne (1862), Paul Kennedy (1945), John Keegan (1934), and Francis Godwin (1562). After him are Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914), Agnes Arber (1879), Stanley Morison (1889), Thomas Fuller (1608), Thomas Walker Arnold (1864), and G. M. Trevelyan (1876).

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