PHILOSOPHER

Mortimer J. Adler

1902 - 2001

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Mortimer Jerome Adler (December 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001) was an American philosopher, educator, encyclopedist, and popular author. As a philosopher he worked within the Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mortimer J. Adler has received more than 547,879 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Mortimer J. Adler is the 787th most popular philosopher (up from 801st in 2019), the 3,066th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,244th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mortimer J. Adlers by language

Over the past year Mortimer J. Adler has had the most page views in the with 67,948 views, followed by Portuguese (7,385), and Russian (5,187). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Slovenian (266.10%), Turkish (196.57%), and Basque (77.40%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Mortimer J. Adler ranks 787 out of 1,267. Before him are Raymond Williams, Stephen Toulmin, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Peter John Olivi, and Albinus. After him are Léon Brunschvicg, Vallabha, Rishabhanatha, Melchor Cano, Menedemus, and Péter Pázmány.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Mortimer J. Adler ranks 119. Before him are Thelma Ritter, Ralph Richardson, Alexander Mach, Heinz Rühmann, Albert Anastasia, and Hans von Dohnanyi. After him are Andrew Irvine, Regina Jonas, Peng Zhen, Tallulah Bankhead, Toyen, and Eric Liddell. Among people deceased in 2001, Mortimer J. Adler ranks 92. Before him are Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Indro Montanelli, Margaret Scriven, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Mauro Bolognini, and Kristina Söderbaum. After him are Renato Carosone, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Alexey Maresyev, Stefan Heym, Beate Uhse-Rotermund, and Ken Tyrrell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mortimer J. Adler ranks 3,066 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Conte (1910), Mangas Coloradas (1792), Tommy Bolin (1951), J. C. R. Licklider (1915), Ellen Pompeo (1969), and Eric Maskin (1950). After him are Tiny Tim (1932), Suzanne Pleshette (1937), Debra Paget (1933), R. Budd Dwyer (1939), Bob Dole (1923), and Melinda Gates (1964).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Mortimer J. Adler ranks 31. Before him are Alvin Plantinga (1932), Jerry Fodor (1935), James Mark Baldwin (1861), William Heard Kilpatrick (1871), Helen Parkhurst (1886), and Michael J. Sandel (1953). After him are Eric Hoffer (1898), Ted Nelson (1937), Susanne Langer (1895), Donald Davidson (1917), David Lewis (1941), and Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945).

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