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Jean-Pierre Vernant

1914 - 2007

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Jean-Pierre Vernant (French: [vɛʁnɑ̃]; January 4, 1914 – January 9, 2007) was a French resistant, historian and anthropologist, specialist in ancient Greece. Influenced by Claude Lévi-Strauss, Vernant developed a structuralist approach to Greek myth, tragedy, and society which would itself be influential among classical scholars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Pierre Vernant has received more than 97,788 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jean-Pierre Vernant is the 105th most popular historian (down from 100th in 2019), the 1,645th most popular biography from France (down from 1,589th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 98k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Jean-Pierre Vernant ranks 105 out of 561. Before him are Matrakçı Nasuh, Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, Cangjie, Shlomo Sand, Alois Riegl, and Sextus Julius Africanus. After him are Andrea Alciato, Reinhart Koselleck, Golo Mann, Paul Veyne, René Grousset, and Árni Magnússon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Jean-Pierre Vernant ranks 70. Before him are Jackie Coogan, Jan Karski, Carlo Maria Giulini, Achille Compagnoni, Lina Bo Bardi, and Larbi Benbarek. After him are Lazar Koliševski, Pierre Balmain, Edward T. Hall, Felice Borel, Agostino Casaroli, and Dürrüşehvar Sultan. Among people deceased in 2007, Jean-Pierre Vernant ranks 61. Before him are Ian Smith, Magda Szabó, Jaan Kross, Abbé Pierre, Ettore Sottsass, and Sol LeWitt. After him are Jupp Derwall, Joe Zawinul, Colin McRae, Marcheline Bertrand, Yvonne De Carlo, and Robert Jordan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Pierre Vernant ranks 1,645 out of 6,770. Before him are Remy de Gourmont (1858), Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle (1775), Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723), Georges Canguilhem (1904), Bixente Lizarazu (1969), and Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (1874). After him are Robert-François Damiens (1715), Germaine Dulac (1882), Gilles de Roberval (1602), Charlotte Perriand (1903), Thibaud Gaudin (1229), and Felix of Valois (1127).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Jean-Pierre Vernant ranks 14. Before him are François Guizot (1787), Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Gaston Maspero (1846), Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), and Georges Duby (1919). After him are Paul Veyne (1930), René Grousset (1885), Emmanuel Todd (1951), François Furet (1927), Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme (1540), and Augustin Thierry (1795).

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