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Ian Kershaw

1943 - Today

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Sir Ian Kershaw (born 29 April 1943) is an English historian whose work has chiefly focused on the social history of 20th-century Germany. He is regarded by many as one of the world's foremost experts on Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, and is particularly noted for his biographies of Hitler. He was a follower of the German historian Martin Broszat, and until his retirement, he was a professor at the University of Sheffield. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Kershaw has received more than 1,033,477 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ian Kershaw is the 138th most popular historian (up from 140th in 2019), the 1,588th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,651st in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Historian.

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  • 55.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ian Kershaw ranks 138 out of 339. Before him are E. P. Thompson, August Ludwig von Schlözer, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Helmold, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, and Heinrich von Treitschke. After him are Ernst Kantorowicz, Charles Diehl, Howard Zinn, Vladimir Minorsky, Otto von Gierke, and Adémar de Chabannes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Ian Kershaw ranks 174. Before him are Edward Herrmann, Bill Duke, Barry Manilow, Ronnie Spector, Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, and Joanna Shimkus. After him are David Morrell, Dominik Duka, Nicholas Negroponte, Nolan Bushnell, Wallace Shawn, and Dragan Nikolić.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Kershaw ranks 1,588 out of 7,765. Before him are Sam Worthington (1976), James Edward Smith (1759), Steve Hackett (1950), Walter Bagehot (1826), Howard Staunton (1810), and Gerald Gardner (1884). After him are Michael Anderson (1920), James Fox (1939), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455), Joan of the Tower (1321), David Yates (1963), and George Stubbs (1724).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Ian Kershaw ranks 12. Before him are C. Northcote Parkinson (1909), Peter Burke (1937), Anthony Blunt (1907), Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), Norman Davies (1939), and E. P. Thompson (1924). After him are Arnold Toynbee (1852), Steven Runciman (1903), Antony Beevor (1946), Robert Conquest (1917), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), and Quentin Skinner (1940).

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