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Norman Davies

1939 - Today

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Ivor Norman Richard Davies (born 8 June 1939) is a British and Polish historian, known for his publications on the history of Europe, Poland and the United Kingdom. He has a special interest in Central and Eastern Europe and is UNESCO Professor at the Jagiellonian University, professor emeritus at University College London, a visiting professor at the Collège d'Europe, and an honorary fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Davies has received more than 457,868 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Norman Davies is the 128th most popular historian (down from 124th in 2019), the 1,497th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,478th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Historian.

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  • 55.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Norman Davies ranks 128 out of 339. Before him are Evagrius Scholasticus, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Pierre Nora, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Richard Pipes, and John Kinnamos. After him are Guibert of Nogent, Augustin Thierry, Max Dvořák, E. P. Thompson, August Ludwig von Schlözer, and Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Norman Davies ranks 127. Before him are Barbara Liskov, Velibor Vasović, Tarcisio Burgnich, Stanisław Dziwisz, Boris Kolker, and Pilar Bardem. After him are Alan Baker, Vladimir Menshov, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, Kim Jae-ryong, Paul Sorvino, and Maria Bueno.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Norman Davies ranks 1,497 out of 7,765. Before him are John Hunter (1728), Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), Oswald of Northumbria (604), William Jones (1675), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), and Gareth Bale (1989). After him are Alan Baker (1939), David Edward Hughes (1831), Sister Nivedita (1867), Alexander Cunningham (1814), Ciarán Hinds (1953), and Dick Taylor (1943).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Norman Davies ranks 10. Before him are Bernard Lewis (1916), Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), C. Northcote Parkinson (1909), Peter Burke (1937), Anthony Blunt (1907), and Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800). After him are E. P. Thompson (1924), Ian Kershaw (1943), Arnold Toynbee (1852), Steven Runciman (1903), Antony Beevor (1946), and Robert Conquest (1917).

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