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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 58,903 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Peter Brown is the 221st most popular historian (down from 210th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Ireland (up from 131st in 2019) and the most popular Irish Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 59k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Peter Brown ranks 221 out of 339. Before him are Michael Glykas, Slobodan Jovanović, Reinhart Dozy, George Buchanan, Karl Krumbacher, and Georges Lefebvre. After him are Janko Prunk, William H. McNeill, Ivane Javakhishvili, Aulus Cremutius Cordus, Ibn Abd al-Hakam, and Juan de Mariana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Peter Brown ranks 176. Before him are Ghita Nørby, Kenneth Tsang, Seymour Cassel, Barbara Harris, Alfonso López Trujillo, and Michael Ballhaus. After him are Zeev Sternhell, Grigore Vieru, Gerd Albrecht, Tom Atkins, Julio Jaramillo, and Bobby Vinton.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Peter Brown ranks 121 out of 501. Before him are John Banville (1945), Richard Kirwan (1733), Paddy Moloney (1938), James Barry (1795), Cornelius Ryan (1920), and Liam Cunningham (1961). After him are John Millington Synge (1871), Andrew Graham (1815), Dan O'Herlihy (1919), William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737), Roy Keane (1971), and Charles Villiers Stanford (1852).

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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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