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Joseph Needham

1900 - 1995

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Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham (; 9 December 1900 – 24 March 1995) was a British biochemist, historian of science and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science and technology, initiating publication of the multivolume Science and Civilisation in China. A focus of his was what has come to be called the Needham Question of why and how China had ceded its leadership in Science and Technology to Western countries. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1941 and a fellow of the British Academy in 1971. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Needham has received more than 544,106 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Joseph Needham is the 1,421st most popular writer (down from 1,404th in 2019), the 1,135th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,100th in 2019) and the 125th most popular British Writer.

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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joseph Needham ranks 1,421 out of 5,755. Before him are Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Béla Balázs, Mukhtar Auezov, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Robert Browning, and Siegfried Lenz. After him are August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Ira Levin, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, Blaise de Vigenère, Léo Taxil, and James Murray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Joseph Needham ranks 73. Before him are Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Filipp Golikov, Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás, Jiro Miyake, and Alfred Newman. After him are Wilhelm Rediess, William Heinesen, Helen Hayes, Eduardo De Filippo, Robert Desnos, and Ernst Neufert. Among people deceased in 1995, Joseph Needham ranks 64. Before him are Edda Mussolini, James Meade, John B. Calhoun, Carlos Monzón, Ko Takamoro, and Ernest Mandel. After him are Yves Congar, Nathan Rosen, U Nu, Heiner Müller, Morarji Desai, and Günter Guillaume.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Needham ranks 1,135 out of 7,765. Before him are George Fox (1624), Antony Flew (1923), John William Godward (1861), Peter Green (1946), Robert Browning (1812), and Ian Anderson (1947). After him are Francis Walsingham (1532), Ealhswith (852), John Schlesinger (1926), Angus Deaton (1945), James Murray (1837), and Simon Pegg (1970).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Joseph Needham ranks 125. Before him are John Dryden (1631), Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), Colin Dexter (1930), Matthew Lewis (1775), Robert Faurisson (1929), and Robert Browning (1812). After him are James Murray (1837), Evelyn Waugh (1903), Allen Carr (1934), Michael Moorcock (1939), Samuel Pepys (1633), and Lee Child (1954).

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