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Peter Brown

1935 - Today

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Peter Robert Lamont Brown (born 26 July 1935) is an Irish historian. He is the Rollins Professor of History Emeritus at Princeton University. Brown is credited with having brought coherence to the field of Late Antiquity, and is often regarded as the inventor of said field. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Brown has received more than 62,077 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Peter Brown is the 292nd most popular historian (down from 221st in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 120th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 62k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Peter Brown ranks 292 out of 561. Before him are Ziya Bunyadov, Philipp Spitta, Ludwig von Pastor, Ubbo Emmius, Vardan Areveltsi, and Milan Šufflay. After him are Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Élisabeth Roudinesco, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Kurt Aland, Filippo Baldinucci, and Jean Delumeau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Peter Brown ranks 214. Before him are Ervin Zádor, Valentin Gaft, Vladimir Aksyonov, France-Albert René, Richard M. Karp, and Armando Picchi. After him are Friðrik Ólafsson, Milkha Singh, Belinda Lee, Nicola Cabibbo, Diahann Carroll, and Tom Atkins.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Peter Brown ranks 137 out of 549. Before him are Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Alan Cunningham (1887), Pat Cox (1952), Sally Oldfield (1947), Kathleen Lonsdale (1903), and Yvonne Farrell (1951). After him are Aphex Twin (1971), John Boyne (1971), John Sealy Townsend (1868), John Bruton (1947), Kathleen Antonelli (1921), and Anne de Mortimer (1390).

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Among HISTORIANS In Ireland

Among historians born in Ireland, Peter Brown ranks 1. After him are J. B. Bury (1861).

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