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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Milman Parry

1902 - 1935

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Milman Parry (June 23, 1902 – December 3, 1935) was an American Classicist whose theories on the origin of Homer's works have revolutionized Homeric studies to such a fundamental degree that he has been described as the "Darwin of Homeric studies". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Milman Parry has received more than 154,778 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Milman Parry is the 2,205th most popular religious figure (down from 1,874th in 2019), the 5,489th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,226th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Milman Parry ranks 2,205 out of 2,238Before him are Polycarp Pengo, Louis Raphaël I Sako, László Lékai, Jean-Claude Hollerich, Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, and Giovanni de' Marignolli. After him are Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Karl-Josef Rauber, Edwin Frederick O'Brien, Kazim Rashti, Abdullah ibn Hudhafah as-Sahmi, and Jean-Pierre Ricard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Milman Parry ranks 196Before him are Kajirō Yamamoto, Henri Saint Cyr, Dirk Brouwer, Ferenc Hirzer, David Arellano, and Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev. After him are Albert Namatjira, Carlos Spadaro, Moe Berg, Carlos Schneeberger, Lūcija Garūta, and Curt Siodmak. Among people deceased in 1935, Milman Parry ranks 96Before him are Johannes Thiele, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Tsubouchi Shōyō, Richard Sheldon, Harald Sohlberg, and Emil Młynarski. After him are Hans Tropsch, Will Rogers, John Hartley, Edwin Flack, Daniel Salamanca Urey, and Vladimir Gilyarovsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Milman Parry ranks 5,489 out of 18,182Before him are Budd Boetticher (1916), Marion Jones (1975), Danneel Ackles (1979), Thomas Friedman (1953), Oswald Veblen (1880), and James Shigeta (1929). After him are Anne Shirley (1918), Eugene Garfield (1925), Nancy Walker (1922), Pruitt Taylor Vince (1960), Judith Light (1949), and John Kuck (1905).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Milman Parry ranks 42Before him are Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), Jeralean Talley (1899), Dorothy Stang (1931), Yusuf Estes (1944), Thomas S. Monson (1927), and Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774). After him are Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939), James Stafford (1932), Seán Patrick O'Malley (1944), Francis Spellman (1889), Adoniram Judson (1788), and Alvin Sargent (1927).