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Joan Wallach Scott

1941 - Today

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Joan Wallach Scott (born December 18, 1941) is an American historian of France with contributions in gender history. She is a professor emerita in the School of Social Science in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Scott is known for her work in feminist history and gender theory, engaging post-structural theory on these topics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Wallach Scott has received more than 378,456 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Joan Wallach Scott is the 283rd most popular historian (down from 272nd in 2019), the 4,931st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,530th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Historian.

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  • 380k

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  • 49.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Joan Wallach Scott ranks 283 out of 339. Before her are Gerhard Friedrich Müller, Gerald of Wales, Donald Keene, Leo Allatius, Maxime Rodinson, and John Keegan. After her are Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, İbrahim Peçevi, Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, Gerda Lerner, Heinrich Zimmer, and İlber Ortaylı.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Joan Wallach Scott ranks 301. Before her are Angelo Domenghini, Sean S. Cunningham, Signe Toly Anderson, Nate Thurmond, Donella Meadows, and Vitaly Solomin. After her are Albert Shesternyov, Ana Maria Machado, Dr. John, Alexander Ragulin, Maurice Piat, and Gabriel Zubeir Wako.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan Wallach Scott ranks 4,931 out of 18,182. Before her are Amber Lynn (1964), Fred Thompson (1942), Hugh McDonald (1950), Robert Zoellick (1953), Cat Power (1972), and Vincent Richards (1903). After her are Dennis Lehane (1965), Tony Danza (1951), Lester Bird (1938), Alger Hiss (1904), Selma Blair (1972), and Jonathan Haidt (1963).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Joan Wallach Scott ranks 16. Before her are Frederick Jackson Turner (1861), Robert Darnton (1939), John King Fairbank (1907), William H. Prescott (1796), Natalie Zemon Davis (1928), and Donald Keene (1922). After her are Drew Gilpin Faust (1947), Daniel J. Boorstin (1914), Stephen E. Ambrose (1936), Lothrop Stoddard (1883), Richard N. Frye (1920), and Efraim Zuroff (1948).

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