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Philip K. Hitti

1886 - 1978

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Philip Khuri Hitti (Arabic: فيليب خوري حتي; 22 June 1886 – 24 December 1978) was a Lebanese-American professor and scholar at Princeton and Harvard University, and authority on Arab and Middle Eastern history, Islam, and Semitic languages. He almost single-handedly created the discipline of Arabic studies in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip K. Hitti has received more than 67,386 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Philip K. Hitti is the 320th most popular historian, the 98th most popular biography from Lebanon and the most popular Lebanese Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 67k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Philip K. Hitti ranks 320 out of 339. Before him are Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Lothrop Stoddard, Léon Gautier, Martin van Creveld, Gustave Lanson, and Marin Drinov. After him are Michael Aris, Jérôme Carcopino, Dino Compagni, Henrik Gabriel Porthan, Richard N. Frye, and Heinrich Gelzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Philip K. Hitti ranks 190. Before him are Vladislav Khodasevich, Ludwig Bieberbach, Boris Eikhenbaum, Friedebert Tuglas, Dooley Wilson, and Paul Paray. After him are Reinhold Schünzel, Źmitrok Biadula, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, Albert Ehrenstein, Ed Wynn, and Tadeusz Kotarbiński. Among people deceased in 1978, Philip K. Hitti ranks 153. Before him are Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Theo Lingen, Jack Oakie, Mario Varglien, Gene Tunney, and Georges Speicher. After him are Artem Alikhanian, Abdylas Maldybaev, Jānis Daliņš, Léon Damas, Carlos Torre Repetto, and Jorge Cafrune.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Philip K. Hitti ranks 98 out of 138. Before him are Georgina Rizk (1953), Charles Malik (1906), Amal Clooney (1978), Rula Ghani (1948), Majida El Roumi (1956), and Elie Saab (1964). After him are Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian (1946), Elias Khoury (1948), Elissa (1972), Fares Fares (1973), John Dolmayan (1973), and Rabih Abou-Khalil (1957).

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Among HISTORIANS In Lebanon

Among historians born in Lebanon, Philip K. Hitti ranks 1. 

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