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Martin Gilbert

1936 - 2015

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Sir Martin John Gilbert (25 October 1936 – 3 February 2015) was a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Gilbert has received more than 424,092 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Gilbert is the 444th most popular historian (down from 369th in 2019), the 3,777th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,587th in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Martin Gilberts by language

Over the past year Martin Gilbert has had the most page views in the with 52,180 views, followed by Russian (4,551), and Italian (3,097). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (92.17%), Egyptian Arabic (89.94%), and Serbo-Croatian (79.47%)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Martin Gilbert ranks 444 out of 561. Before him are George Finlay, Aron Gurevich, Robert Jay Lifton, Hugo Falcandus, Mikheil Tsereteli, and Joseph Hergenröther. After him are Zdeněk Nejedlý, Craterus, Niall Ferguson, Riane Eisler, Anton Heinrich Springer, and Sirarpie Der Nersessian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Martin Gilbert ranks 400. Before him are Jean-Claude Turcotte, Jack Lousma, Alla Demidova, Paolo Barison, C. Gordon Fullerton, and Peter Duesberg. After him are Sergo Kotrikadze, Norberto Menéndez, Tony Lo Bianco, Lawrence Gordon, James Stacy, and Ronnie Bucknum. Among people deceased in 2015, Martin Gilbert ranks 329. Before him are Mwepu Ilunga, Gregory Walcott, Marília Pêra, Johan Ferner, Tanith Lee, and Jean-Claude Turcotte. After him are Ron Moody, Csaba Fenyvesi, Mate Trojanović, Jacques Parizeau, Coleen Gray, and Kurt Oppelt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Martin Gilbert ranks 3,777 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Rennie (1909), George Borrow (1803), Vivian Woodward (1879), Linda Martin (1952), John Grierson (1898), and Godfrey Rampling (1909). After him are Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), Alan Clark (1952), John Peckham (1227), Ron Moody (1924), Anthony Collins (1676), and Henry Baker (1698).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Martin Gilbert ranks 44. Before him are Thomas Walker Arnold (1864), G. M. Trevelyan (1876), Frederic G. Kenyon (1863), William Mitchell Ramsay (1851), Frances Yates (1899), and George Finlay (1799). After him are Niall Ferguson (1964), David Marshall Lang (1924), Donald Nicol (1923), Richard J. Evans (1947), William Robertson (1721), and Arthur Smith Woodward (1864).

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