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Nicholas Adontz

1871 - 1942

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Nicholas Adontz (Armenian: Նիկողայոս Ադոնց, romanized: Nikoghayos Adonts; Russian: Николай Адонц; January 10, 1871 – January 27, 1942) was an Armenian historian, specialising in Byzantine and Armenian studies, and a philologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicholas Adontz has received more than 29,242 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Nicholas Adontz is the 333rd most popular historian (down from 327th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Armenia (up from 59th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Armenian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Nicholas Adontz ranks 333 out of 561Before him are Heinrich Gelzer, Deborah Lipstadt, Donald Keene, Julien Ries, Stephen E. Ambrose, and Alain Besançon. After him are Mykhailo Maksymovych, Walter Burkert, Edward Granville Browne, Paul Kennedy, Israel Gutman, and Timothy D. Snyder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Nicholas Adontz ranks 105Before him are Gino Fano, Lou Tseng-Tsiang, Igor Grabar, Daniel Alomía Robles, Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, and Nils Edén. After him are Fyodor Dan, Dénes Berinkey, José Enrique Rodó, Jacob Ellehammer, Olga Preobrajenska, and Fritz Schaudinn. Among people deceased in 1942, Nicholas Adontz ranks 160Before him are Joseph Larmor, Elmer Niklander, Zofia Zamenhof, Mahadev Desai, Wlodimir Ledóchowski, and Heinrich Burger. After him are Emil von Sauer, Demetrios Petrokokkinos, Racho Petrov, Heber Doust Curtis, Yevgeny Petrov, and Romà Forns.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Nicholas Adontz ranks 53 out of 163Before him are Artavazd Peleshyan (1938), Levon Aronian (1982), Hovik Abrahamyan (1959), Hovhannes Shiraz (1914), Shushanik Kurghinian (1876), and Sergey Merkurov (1881). After him are Momik (1300), Paruyr Sevak (1924), Tatevik Sazandaryan (1916), Vladimir Yengibaryan (1932), Ofelya Hambardzumyan (1925), and Minas Avetisyan (1928).

Among HISTORIANS In Armenia

Among historians born in Armenia, Nicholas Adontz ranks 3Before him are Ghazar Parpetsi (442), and Vardan Areveltsi (1198). After him are Gregory Areshian (1949).