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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 63,328 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John King Fairbank is the 234th most popular historian, the 3,907th most popular biography from United States and the 12th most popular American Historian.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, John King Fairbank ranks 234 out of 339. Before him are Joseph de Guignes, Paul Veyne, Friedrich Meinecke, Robert Darnton, Marc Ferro, and Saul Friedländer. After him are Albert Soboul, Zeev Sternhell, Ibn Hayyan, Philipp Spitta, Karl Otfried Müller, and Charles Rollin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, John King Fairbank ranks 160. Before him are Roman Rudenko, Rosalind Russell, Daigoro Kondo, Marcel Bezençon, Alfred Delp, and Volmari Iso-Hollo. After him are Sukhdev Thapar, Gunnar Ekelöf, Frederick Copleston, Germaine Tillion, Benny Carter, and Ethel Smith. Among people deceased in 1991, John King Fairbank ranks 109. Before him are Gino Colaussi, Artur Lundkvist, Daigoro Kondo, Miodrag Bulatović, Ho Jong-suk, and Amadou Hampâté Bâ. After him are Dead, Mario Scelba, Andrzej Panufnik, Abderrahmane Farès, Vilma Bánky, and Louis Seigner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John King Fairbank ranks 3,907 out of 18,182. Before him are Walter Hunt (1796), Elizabeth Loftus (1944), Robert Rodriguez (1968), Ralph Linton (1893), Betty Mahmoody (1945), and Wallace Beery (1885). After him are Richard Conte (1910), Roy E. Disney (1930), Steve Lukather (1957), Jim Steinman (1947), Joe Turkel (1927), and Georgia Hale (1900).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, John King Fairbank ranks 12. Before him are Richard Sennett (1943), Howard Zinn (1922), Linda Nochlin (1931), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), Frederick Jackson Turner (1861), and Robert Darnton (1939). After him are William H. Prescott (1796), Natalie Zemon Davis (1928), Donald Keene (1922), Joan Wallach Scott (1941), Drew Gilpin Faust (1947), and Daniel J. Boorstin (1914).

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