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Peter Burke

1937 - Today

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Ulick Peter Burke (born August 16, 1937) is a British polymath, historian and professor. He was born to a Roman Catholic father and Jewish mother (who later converted to Roman Catholicism). He was educated by the Jesuits and at St John's College, Oxford and was a doctoral candidate at St Antony's College, Oxford.From 1962 to 1979, he was a member of the School of European Studies at University of Sussex, before moving to the University of Cambridge, where he holds the title of Professor Emeritus of Cultural History and Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Burke has received more than 34,074 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Peter Burke is the 116th most popular historian, the 1,330th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,383rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Historian.

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  • 56.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Peter Burke ranks 116 out of 339. Before him are Leo the Deacon, Henry Thomas Buckle, Doukas, Michael Rostovtzeff, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, and C. Northcote Parkinson. After him are Richard Sennett, Golo Mann, François Furet, Árni Magnússon, Anthony Blunt, and Evagrius Scholasticus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Peter Burke ranks 107. Before him are Valentyn Sylvestrov, Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, Ange-Félix Patassé, Kōichirō Matsuura, Nikolai Kapustin, and Rubin Carter. After him are Robert Gallo, Tsukasa Hosaka, Rifaat al-Assad, Joseph Kobzon, Steven Berkoff, and Hibari Misora.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Burke ranks 1,330 out of 7,765. Before him are John Charles (1931), C. Northcote Parkinson (1909), Mary Quant (1930), Julian Glover (1935), Seamus Heaney (1939), and Walafrid Strabo (808). After him are Fletcher Christian (1764), Gildas (500), John Boorman (1933), Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Rhys Ifans (1967), and John Eliot Gardiner (1943).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Peter Burke ranks 7. Before him are Arnold J. Toynbee (1889), Bede (672), Edward Gibbon (1737), Bernard Lewis (1916), Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), and C. Northcote Parkinson (1909). After him are Anthony Blunt (1907), Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), Norman Davies (1939), E. P. Thompson (1924), Ian Kershaw (1943), and Arnold Toynbee (1852).

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