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Peter Andreas Munch

1810 - 1863

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Peter Andreas Munch (15 December 1810 – 25 May 1863), usually known as P. A. Munch, was a Norwegian historian, known for his work on the medieval history of Norway. Munch's scholarship included Norwegian archaeology, geography, ethnography, linguistics, and jurisprudence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Andreas Munch has received more than 55,773 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Andreas Munch is the 227th most popular historian (down from 176th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 56k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Peter Andreas Munch ranks 227 out of 561. Before him are Ahmad Kasravi, Albert Soboul, Moritz Cantor, Ghazar Parpetsi, Bernard Berenson, and Henri Maspero. After him are Georges Lefebvre, Halil İnalcık, Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi, Reinhart Dozy, Gerald of Wales, and Maxime Rodinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Peter Andreas Munch ranks 49. Before him are Stanko Vraz, Alexandre Calame, Alexandre Herculano, Wilhelm, Duke of Urach, Norbert Burgmüller, and Julian Fontana. After him are L. L. Langstroth, George Robert Waterhouse, Johann Löwenthal, Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, Abraham Geiger, and Louis Gallait. Among people deceased in 1863, Peter Andreas Munch ranks 27. Before him are Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este, Giovanni Battista Amici, Mangas Coloradas, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, Robert Gould Shaw, and Kamehameha IV. After him are C. L. Gloger, Ignacio Comonfort, Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Christian von Steven, Michel Garicoïts, and Ludwig Emil Grimm.

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