SOCIOLOGIST

Ralph Miliband

1924 - 1994

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Ralph Miliband (born Adolphe Miliband; 7 January 1924 – 21 May 1994) was a British sociologist. He has been described as "one of the best known academic Marxists of his generation", in this manner being compared with E. P. Thompson, Eric Hobsbawm and Perry Anderson.Miliband was born in Belgium to working-class Polish Jewish immigrants. He fled to Britain in 1940 with his father, to avoid persecution when Nazi Germany invaded Belgium. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ralph Miliband has received more than 539,172 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ralph Miliband is the 75th most popular sociologist (down from 69th in 2019), the 786th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 700th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Sociologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ralph Milibands by language

Over the past year Ralph Miliband has had the most page views in the with 53,374 views, followed by Spanish (2,470), and Portuguese (2,464). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (31.67%), Portuguese (19.90%), and Simple English (19.26%)

Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Ralph Miliband ranks 75 out of 79. Before him are Anthony D. Smith, Göran Therborn, Margaret Archer, Theda Skocpol, John Urry, and Tatyana Zaslavskaya. After him are Loïc Wacquant, Rodney Stark, Grażyna Gęsicka, and John Bellamy Foster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Ralph Miliband ranks 450. Before him are Harvey Kurtzman, Susanna Amatuni, Knut Steen, Yvonne Brill, George Amick, and Earl Scruggs. After him are James Lighthill, Robert Sobukwe, Arvo Viitanen, Thomas J. Hudner Jr., Ruhi Sarıalp, and Matti Kassila. Among people deceased in 1994, Ralph Miliband ranks 322. Before him are Alain de Changy, Koto Matsudaira, Vilmos Varjú, Lynne Frederick, Aldo Donelli, and R. D. Burman. After him are Bill Hicks, Rolf Jacobsen, Kristen Pfaff, Irena Krzywicka, Jule Styne, and Macdonald Carey.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Ralph Miliband ranks 786 out of 1,190. Before him are Frank Odberg (1879), Johan Bruyneel (1964), Michel Knuysen (1929), Paolo Ferrari (1929), Nico Claesen (1962), and Joseph Van Ingelgem (1912). After him are Bernard de Dryver (1952), Philippe Adams (1969), Tia Hellebaut (1978), Alice von Hildebrand (1923), Pierre Rapsat (1948), and Jérémy Doku (2002).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Belgium

Among sociologists born in Belgium, Ralph Miliband ranks 1. 

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