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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 134,831 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton is the 310th most popular historian, the 2,953rd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 31st most popular British Historian.

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  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton ranks 310 out of 339. Before him are Yehuda Bauer, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Lyubomir Miletich, A. J. P. Taylor, André Clot, and Michele Amari. After him are Élisabeth Roudinesco, Daniel J. Boorstin, Stephen E. Ambrose, Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Lothrop Stoddard, and Léon Gautier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton ranks 285. Before him are Paavo Haavikko, Gordon Willis, Jean Philippe, Ingrid van Bergen, Alain Cavalier, and Hal Needham. After him are Tamara Rylova, George Maxwell Richards, Catherine Tizard, John Baldessari, Shirley Verrett, and Alvin Ailey. Among people deceased in 2017, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton ranks 270. Before him are Victor Lanoux, Timo Mäkinen, Angry Grandpa, Darlene Cates, Ludvig Faddeev, and Darlanne Fluegel. After him are Om Puri, Daniil Granin, Eugene Garfield, François Van der Elst, Alec McCowen, and Amotz Zahavi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton ranks 2,953 out of 7,765. Before him are Robert Bolt (1924), Jim Marshall (1923), John Biscoe (1794), David Almond (1951), Dennis Stratton (1952), and Arnold Wesker (1932). After him are Geoff Downes (1952), Robert Holdstock (1948), Christina Pickles (1935), Nathalie Emmanuel (1989), Francis Hauksbee (1660), and Robert Knox (1791).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton ranks 31. Before him are Edward Granville Browne (1862), Gerald of Wales (1146), John Keegan (1934), Paul Kennedy (1945), Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914), and A. J. P. Taylor (1906). After him are Thomas Fuller (1608), David Marshall Lang (1924), Frances Yates (1899), Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928), G. M. Trevelyan (1876), and Martin Gilbert (1936).

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