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Kenneth Clark

1903 - 1983

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Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron Clark (13 July 1903 – 21 May 1983) was an English art historian, museum director, and broadcaster. After running two important art galleries in the 1930s and 1940s, he came to wider public notice on television, presenting a succession of programmes on the arts during the 1950s and 1960s, culminating in the Civilisation series in 1969. The son of rich parents, Clark was introduced to the arts at an early age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenneth Clark has received more than 729,474 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Kenneth Clark is the 484th most popular historian (down from 401st in 2019), the 4,262nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,018th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 730k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kenneth Clarks by language

Over the past year Kenneth Clark has had the most page views in the with 75,106 views, followed by French (3,729), and Spanish (3,649). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Irish (108.03%), Esperanto (69.17%), and Macedonian (42.07%)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Kenneth Clark ranks 484 out of 561. Before him are Samuel Eliot Morison, Firishta, Alfred W. Crosby, N. G. L. Hammond, William of Newburgh, and Richard Overy. After him are Aleks Buda, Henry James Sumner Maine, Irina Antonova, Orlando Figes, Christopher Lasch, and American Horse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Kenneth Clark ranks 290. Before him are Lajos Maszlay, Hermann Volk, Andrei Fayt, Clare Boothe Luce, Millard Mitchell, and G. Evelyn Hutchinson. After him are Mikhail Svetlov, Léon-Étienne Duval, Malcolm Muggeridge, Howard P. Robertson, Marshall Harvey Stone, and Olavi Paavolainen. Among people deceased in 1983, Kenneth Clark ranks 219. Before him are Pentti Saarikoski, Georges Spénale, Christopher George, Anthony van Hoboken, Paul Fix, and Ernest Libérati. After him are Vince Gallagher, Alexia Bryn, Gregorio Blasco, Lutz Eigendorf, Tomás Ojeda, and Betty Nuthall.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kenneth Clark ranks 4,262 out of 8,785. Before him are Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1835), Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393), Richey Edwards (1967), Tony Adams (1966), Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece (1968), and Charles W. Alcock (1842). After him are Susanna Clarke (1959), Glenn Cornick (1947), Stan Mortensen (1921), Frances O'Connor (1967), Dorothea Bate (1878), and James Challis (1803).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Kenneth Clark ranks 55. Before him are William Robertson (1721), Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), Catharine Macaulay (1731), N. G. L. Hammond (1907), William of Newburgh (1130), and Richard Overy (1947). After him are Henry James Sumner Maine (1822), Orlando Figes (1959), H. J. R. Murray (1868), George Grote (1794), Simon Schama (1945), and Robert Service (1947).

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