HISTORIAN

Michael Aris

1946 - 1999

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Michael Vaillancourt Aris (27 March 1946 – 27 March 1999) was a British historian who wrote and lectured on Bhutanese, Tibetan, and Himalayan culture and history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Aris has received more than 1,072,740 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Aris is the 394th most popular historian (down from 321st in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 97th in 2019) and the most popular Cuban Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Michael Arises by language

Over the past year Michael Aris has had the most page views in the with 89,966 views, followed by Chinese (9,843), and Japanese (5,192). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Vietnamese (28.69%), Thai (21.41%), and Egyptian Arabic (16.13%)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Michael Aris ranks 394 out of 561. Before him are İbrahim Peçevi, Stepanos Asoghik, Cyril Toumanoff, Dino Compagni, Hugh Trevor-Roper, and Serhii Plokhy. After him are Taner Akçam, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro, Gottfried Arnold, Martin van Creveld, Agnes Arber, and Gerhard Ritter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Michael Aris ranks 465. Before him are Giuseppe Furino, John Piper, Hervé Revelli, Roselyne Bachelot, Ernesto Pérez Balladares, and Mieke Bal. After him are Edoardo Bennato, Stanislav Karasi, Martin van Creveld, Juan José Millás, Colette Besson, and Carol Dweck. Among people deceased in 1999, Michael Aris ranks 185. Before him are Paris Pişmiş, Toninho, Anahit Tsitsikian, Birgit Cullberg, Rafael Iglesias, and Sarah Kane. After him are Einar Englund, Heinrich Schmid, Rick Danko, Regina Ghazaryan, Peter Seeberg, and Shel Silverstein.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Michael Aris ranks 106 out of 300. Before him are Carlos Prío Socarrás (1903), Desi Arnaz (1917), Paquito D'Rivera (1948), Mireya Luis (1967), Héctor Socorro (1912), and Iván Pedroso (1972). After him are Juan García Rodríguez (1948), José María Heredia y Heredia (1803), César Évora (1959), Alina Fernández (1956), Dulce María Loynaz (1902), and Juan Tuñas (1917).

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Among HISTORIANS In Cuba

Among historians born in Cuba, Michael Aris ranks 1. 

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