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John King Fairbank

1907 - 1991

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John King Fairbank (May 24, 1907 – September 14, 1991) was an American historian of China and United States–China relations. He taught at Harvard University from 1936 until his retirement in 1977. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John King Fairbank has received more than 74,537 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John King Fairbank is the 341st most popular historian (down from 234th in 2019), the 5,305th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,896th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Historian.

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  • 50.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, John King Fairbank ranks 341 out of 561. Before him are Walter Burkert, Edward Granville Browne, Paul Kennedy, Israel Gutman, Timothy D. Snyder, and Benny Morris. After him are Ronald Syme, Heinrich Zimmer, Ernest Fenollosa, Girolamo Mei, Jérôme Carcopino, and Fernão Lopes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, John King Fairbank ranks 216. Before him are Ilia Vekua, Israel Regardie, Gordon Douglas, Gene Autry, Jean Aerts, and Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal. After him are Camargo Guarnieri, Giuseppe Occhialini, Zezé Moreira, Heikki Savolainen, Mark Krein, and Émile Veinante. Among people deceased in 1991, John King Fairbank ranks 151. Before him are Nutan, Tamara Khanum, Wilhelm Hahnemann, Dagmar Lange, Frank H. Netter, and Domingo Tarasconi. After him are Hervé Guibert, Oreste Corbatta, Gustav Wetterström, Renato Rascel, Anita Traversi, and Anton Yugov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John King Fairbank ranks 5,305 out of 20,380. Before him are James Shigeta (1929), John R. Commons (1862), George Constantine (1918), Johnny Hodges (1906), Beth Hart (1972), and Barry Bonds (1964). After him are Albert Collins (1932), Morgan Taylor (1903), William Daniels (1927), Marie Colvin (1956), Jon Postel (1943), and Bret Harte (1836).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, John King Fairbank ranks 16. Before him are Linda Nochlin (1931), Joan Wallach Scott (1941), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), Donald Keene (1922), Stephen E. Ambrose (1936), and Timothy D. Snyder (1969). After him are Ernest Fenollosa (1853), William H. Prescott (1796), Robert Darnton (1939), Stanley G. Payne (1934), Efraim Zuroff (1948), and Richard N. Frye (1920).

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