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Lewis Mumford

1895 - 1990

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Lewis Mumford (19 October 1895 – 26 January 1990) was an American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic. Particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, he had a broad career as a writer. He made significant contributions to social philosophy, American literary and cultural history, and the history of technology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lewis Mumford has received more than 811,743 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Lewis Mumford is the 1,716th most popular writer (down from 1,556th in 2019), the 2,149th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,013th in 2019) and the 185th most popular American Writer.

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  • 810k

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  • 63.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lewis Mumford ranks 1,716 out of 7,302. Before him are Mao Dun, Hadewijch, Lucinda Riley, Hermann Bahr, Pierre Plantard, and José Mauro de Vasconcelos. After him are Mateo Alemán, David Morrell, Slavenka Drakulić, Marin Držić, Giovanni Battista Guarini, and Luigi Pulci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Lewis Mumford ranks 93. Before him are Jakov Gotovac, Marcel Janco, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, Prescott Bush, Hanns Albin Rauter, and Albert Cohen. After him are Michel Simon, Alexander Orlov, Walter Stennes, Sheng Shicai, Kirsten Flagstad, and Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan. Among people deceased in 1990, Lewis Mumford ranks 65. Before him are John Stewart Bell, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Jim Henson, Tadeusz Kantor, Arthur Kennedy, and Samuel Noah Kramer. After him are Nicola Abbagnano, Samuel Doe, Dexter Gordon, Edmund Conen, Curtis LeMay, and Halston.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lewis Mumford ranks 2,149 out of 20,380. Before him are Henry J. Heinz (1844), Alexander Shulgin (1925), John O'Keefe (1939), Jackie Jackson (1951), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), and Allen Newell (1927). After him are Beau Bridges (1941), Harold Garfinkel (1917), Cloris Leachman (1926), Mike Pompeo (1963), Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), and Laura Dern (1967).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Lewis Mumford ranks 185. Before him are Martin Gardner (1914), Theodore Sturgeon (1918), Upton Sinclair (1878), Fredric Jameson (1934), R. L. Stine (1943), and Bernard Malamud (1914). After him are Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), E. E. Cummings (1894), Ken Wilber (1949), William Carlos Williams (1883), Joan Didion (1934), and Edmond Hamilton (1904).

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