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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 310,869 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). R. H. Tawney is the 517th most popular historian (down from 420th in 2019), the 809th most popular biography from India (down from 674th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Historian.

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  • 310k

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  • 51.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, R. H. Tawney ranks 517 out of 561. Before him are Vasily Struve, Lawrence Stone, Mark Mazower, Drew Gilpin Faust, Albrecht Weber, and Ivan Charota. After him are Romila Thapar, David Bordwell, Andrei Lankov, Richard G. Hovannisian, David Abulafia, and Gregory Areshian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, R. H. Tawney ranks 216. Before him are Georg Hoffmann, Luis Alberto Riart, Giles Gilbert Scott, Vladimir Sukachev, George Herriman, and Thomas Thorstensen. After him are Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, Emma P. Carr, Joseph Stadler, Alexander Hall, Thomas Griffith Taylor, and Einar Arnórsson. Among people deceased in 1962, R. H. Tawney ranks 205. Before him are María Rosa Lida de Malkiel, Jean Brichaut, Leon Kruczkowski, Émile Wegelin, Ernie Kovacs, and Emmanuil Kazakevich. After him are Bjørn Rasmussen, Léon Binoche, Dorothy Brookshaw, Edy Reinalter, Julius Lenhart, and Fran Saleški Finžgar.

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In India

Among people born in India, R. H. Tawney ranks 809 out of 1,861. Before him are Kapil Dev (1959), R. K. Laxman (1921), Ravindra Kelekar (1925), R. D. Burman (1939), Murli Manohar Joshi (1934), and Shyamala Gopalan (1938). After him are Karisma Kapoor (1974), Boman Irani (1959), Saroj Khan (1948), M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Anjali Devi (1927), and Gauri Khan (1970).

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Among HISTORIANS In India

Among historians born in India, R. H. Tawney ranks 3. Before him are Pulakeshin II (610), and ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni (1540). After him are Romila Thapar (1931), and Irfan Habib (1931).

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