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Jan Morris

1926 - 2020

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Catharine Jan Morris (born James Humphry Morris; 2 October 1926 – 20 November 2020) was a Welsh historian, author and travel writer. She was known particularly for the Pax Britannica trilogy (1968–1978), a history of the British Empire, and for portraits of cities, including Oxford, Venice, Trieste, Hong Kong and New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Morris has received more than 978,503 page views. Their biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Morris is the 439th most popular historian, the 5,041st most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 57th most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 980k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Jan Morris ranks 439 out of 339. Before them are Avi Shlaim, Elaine Pagels, Walter Rodney, Griselda Pollock, Wendy Beckett, and Mary Ritter Beard. After them are Andreas Maislinger, Rainer Zitelmann, Oliver Grau, James H. Billington, Richard G. Hovannisian, and Charles Oman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Jan Morris ranks 449. Before them are Mona Freeman, Pat Flaherty, Emmanuel Wamala, Ray McAnally, Don Messick, and Sonja Åkesson. After them are R. L. Burnside, James Lipton, Jane Withers, Joe Paterno, Jimmy Bryan, and Karl Gordon Henize. Among people deceased in 2020, Jan Morris ranks 636. Before them are Hartwig Gauder, Aurlus Mabélé, Aileen Baviera, Jim Marurai, Jan Halvarsson, and Jan Kowalczyk. After them are Jon E. Ahlquist, Dave Greenfield, James Dunn, Ben Jipcho, Timothy Ray Brown, and James Lipton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jan Morris ranks 5,041 out of 7,765. Before them are Simon Kirke (1949), James McHenry (1753), Brian Murphy (1932), John Speed (1551), Compton Mackenzie (1883), and Rupert Sanders (1971). After them are Frederic Moore (1830), Ingrid Newkirk (1949), Gracie Fields (1898), Peter Lord (1953), Tara Fitzgerald (1967), and Charlie Buchan (1891).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Jan Morris ranks 57. Before them are Orlando Figes (1959), Lawrence Stone (1919), Richard Overy (1947), Mary Beard (1955), Iain Pears (1955), and Mark Mazower (1958). After them are David Rohl (1950), Richard Bauckham (1946), Adrian Goldsworthy (1969), Michael Wood (1948), and William Dalrymple (1965).

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