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James H. Billington

1929 - 2018

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James Hadley Billington (June 1, 1929 – November 20, 2018) was an American academic and author who taught history at Harvard and Princeton before serving for 42 years as CEO of four federal cultural institutions. He served as the 13th Librarian of Congress after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1987, and his appointment was approved unanimously by the U.S. Senate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James H. Billington has received more than 233,804 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). James H. Billington is the 443rd most popular historian (up from 14,273rd in 2019), the 11,314th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,269th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Historian.

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  • 230k

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  • 39.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, James H. Billington ranks 443 out of 339. Before him are Wendy Beckett, Mary Ritter Beard, Jan Morris, Andreas Maislinger, Rainer Zitelmann, and Oliver Grau. After him are Richard G. Hovannisian, Charles Oman, Francis Parkman, David Rohl, Gregory Areshian, and Irfan Habib.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, James H. Billington ranks 452. Before him are Buck Owens, Branko Grünbaum, Velimir Valenta, Brian Friel, Ken Henry, and Jerry Adler. After him are Suraiya, Peter Sculthorpe, John Conyers, Ronnie Allen, Ian Stewart, and Alfredo Lim. Among people deceased in 2018, James H. Billington ranks 463. Before him are Ann Gillis, Roy Clark, Saida Gunba, Roy Hargrove, Jiichiro Date, and Asma Jahangir. After him are Graciano Rocchigiani, Charles Vinci, Tulsi Giri, Frank Havens, Annapurna Devi, and Kate Spade.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James H. Billington ranks 11,314 out of 18,182. Before him are Twyla Tharp (1941), John Singleton (1968), Crystal Gayle (1951), Rich Moore (1963), Sonny Perdue (1946), and Johnny Van Zant (1960). After him are George Barnes (1892), Tom Lenk (1976), Al Freeman Jr. (1934), Genesis Rodriguez (1987), Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872), and R-Truth (1972).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, James H. Billington ranks 40. Before him are Robert Jay Lifton (1926), Timothy D. Snyder (1969), Stephen F. Cohen (1938), Richard Hofstadter (1916), Elaine Pagels (1943), and Mary Ritter Beard (1876). After him are Richard G. Hovannisian (1932), Francis Parkman (1823), Allan Lichtman (1947), Bernard Bailyn (1922), and Victor Davis Hanson (1953).

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