PHILOSOPHER

R. G. Collingwood

1889 - 1943

Photo of R. G. Collingwood

Icon of person R. G. Collingwood

Robin George Collingwood (; 22 February 1889 – 9 January 1943) was an English philosopher, historian and archaeologist. He is best known for his philosophical works, including The Principles of Art (1938) and the posthumously published The Idea of History (1946). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of R. G. Collingwood has received more than 533,261 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). R. G. Collingwood is the 613th most popular philosopher (down from 608th in 2019), the 1,262nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,348th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, R. G. Collingwood ranks 613 out of 1,267. Before him are Crates of Mallus, Al-Taftazani, Jean Hyppolite, Antonio Rosmini, Roman Ingarden, and Constantin von Tischendorf. After him are Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Berengar of Tours, Reinhold Niebuhr, Kuno Fischer, Marpa Lotsawa, and Dharmakirti.

Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, R. G. Collingwood ranks 65. Before him are Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, Zoltán Tildy, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Pierre Reverdy, Takeo Kurita, and Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma. After him are María Capovilla, Alma Karlin, Khudiram Bose, Philippe Thys, Harry Nyquist, and Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke. Among people deceased in 1943, R. G. Collingwood ranks 56. Before him are Aurel Stein, Franz Jägerstätter, Marina Raskova, Kurt Huber, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, and Takeda Sōkaku. After him are Christoph Probst, Charlotte Salomon, John Harvey Kellogg, Czesława Kwoka, Lin Sen, and Wilhelm Kube.

Others Born in 1889

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1943

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, R. G. Collingwood ranks 1,262 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Simpson (1710), Keith O'Brien (1938), Desmond Morris (1928), Denny Laine (1944), A. S. Byatt (1936), and Andy Fletcher (1961). After him are Susan Boyle (1961), Dusty Springfield (1939), Jon Anderson (1944), Harold Shipman (1946), David Chipperfield (1953), and Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, R. G. Collingwood ranks 36. Before him are Roger Scruton (1944), Harriet Taylor Mill (1807), John Austin (1790), Alan Watts (1915), Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), and Thomas Reid (1710). After him are Alexander of Hales (1175), David Hartley (1705), Olaf Stapledon (1886), Anne Conway (1631), Gilbert Ryle (1900), and Richard of Saint Victor (1110).

British born Philosophers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous