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R. H. Tawney

1880 - 1962

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Richard Henry Tawney (30 November 1880 – 16 January 1962) was an English economic historian, social critic, ethical socialist, Christian socialist, and important proponent of adult education. The Oxford Companion to British History (1997) explained that Tawney made a "significant impact" in these "interrelated roles". A. L. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of R. H. Tawney has received more than 287,543 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. R. H. Tawney is the 420th most popular historian, the 678th most popular biography from India and the 2nd most popular Indian Historian.

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  • 290k

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  • 42.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, R. H. Tawney ranks 420 out of 339. Before him are Timothy D. Snyder, Orlando Figes, Horace Engdahl, Alessandro Barbero, Stephen F. Cohen, and Jacques Barzun. After him are Ivan Charota, Romila Thapar, Jacob Theodor Klein, Vasily Struve, Lawrence Stone, and Richard Overy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, R. H. Tawney ranks 200. Before him are Albert Champoudry, Una O'Connor, Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, Xhafer Ypi, Russell Simpson, and Earle Page. After him are William Varley, Tom Taylor, Einar Arnórsson, Joseph Stadler, Giles Gilbert Scott, and Thomas Thorstensen. Among people deceased in 1962, R. H. Tawney ranks 180. Before him are Bjørn Rasmussen, William Beebe, Nikolai Pogodin, Leon Kruczkowski, Gerrit Achterberg, and Dorothy Brookshaw. After him are Clara Blandick, Seiichiro Kashio, Edy Reinalter, Erik Granfelt, Peter Ryan, and Fernand Rigaux.

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In India

Among people born in India, R. H. Tawney ranks 678 out of 1,493. Before him are Mumtaz (1947), Sumitra Mahajan (1943), Dawood Ibrahim (1955), John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910), Rakesh Roshan (1949), and Pratibha Ray (1944). After him are Radhanath Sikdar (1813), Salmaan Taseer (1944), Nirmala Deshpande (1929), Jagdish Bhagwati (1934), Sudha Murty (1950), and Oswald Gracias (1944).

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Among HISTORIANS In India

Among historians born in India, R. H. Tawney ranks 2. Before him are Pulakeshin II (610). After him are Romila Thapar (1931) and Irfan Habib (1931).

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