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Peter Burke

1937 - Today

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Ulick Peter Burke (born 16 August 1937) is a British polymath, historian and professor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Burke has received more than 34,808 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Peter Burke is the 130th most popular historian (down from 116th in 2019), the 1,349th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,326th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 35k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Peter Burke ranks 130 out of 561. Before him are Thomas Babington Macaulay, C. Northcote Parkinson, Heinrich von Treitschke, Afet İnan, Aban ibn Uthman, and Johan Rudolph Thorbecke. After him are Emmanuel Todd, François Furet, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Michael Attaleiates, and Hieronymus Wolf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Peter Burke ranks 109. Before him are Baden Powell, Vittorio Brambilla, Tom Simpson, Anna Hazare, Eugen Doga, and Ryutaro Hashimoto. After him are Monika Ertl, Tsukasa Hosaka, Steven Berkoff, Petros Markaris, Alfredo M. Bonanno, and Aleksandr Medved.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Burke ranks 1,349 out of 8,785. Before him are Anne Perry (1938), Roger Fenton (1819), Edmund Kean (1787), George Atwood (1745), Edward Waring (1736), and William Prout (1785). After him are Gideon Mantell (1790), Ted Hughes (1930), Lennox Lewis (1965), Jeremy Corbyn (1949), Joseph Paxton (1803), and Alexander McQueen (1969).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Peter Burke ranks 8. Before him are Bede (672), Edward Gibbon (1737), Bernard Lewis (1916), Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), and C. Northcote Parkinson (1909). After him are Ian Kershaw (1943), Norman Davies (1939), Arnold Toynbee (1852), E. P. Thompson (1924), Anthony Blunt (1907), and Steven Runciman (1903).

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