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Reinhart Koselleck

1923 - 2006

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Reinhart Koselleck (23 April 1923 – 3 February 2006) was a German historian. He is widely considered to be one of the most important historians of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Reinhart Koselleck has received more than 208,812 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Reinhart Koselleck is the 107th most popular historian (down from 99th in 2019), the 1,527th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,421st in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Reinhart Koselleck ranks 107 out of 561. Before him are Cangjie, Shlomo Sand, Alois Riegl, Sextus Julius Africanus, Jean-Pierre Vernant, and Andrea Alciato. After him are Golo Mann, Paul Veyne, René Grousset, Árni Magnússon, August Ludwig von Schlözer, and Richard Sennett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Reinhart Koselleck ranks 77. Before him are Aaron Spelling, Chuck Yeager, Agatha Barbara, Conrad Bain, Hwang Jang-yop, and Leonid Gaidai. After him are André Courrèges, Ernest Mandel, Alicia de Larrocha, Richard Avedon, Hank Williams, and Zarifa Aliyeva. Among people deceased in 2006, Reinhart Koselleck ranks 71. Before him are Joachim Fest, Telê Santana, Aaron Spelling, Richard Fleischer, Ferenc Bene, and Hassan Gouled Aptidon. After him are Floyd Patterson, Allen Carr, Sven Nykvist, Shin Sang-ok, Dürrüşehvar Sultan, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Reinhart Koselleck ranks 1,527 out of 7,253. Before him are Eduard Heine (1821), Duke Pius August in Bavaria (1786), Wolfgang Wagner (1919), Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (1948), Paul Rée (1849), and Ruth Fuchs (1946). After him are Joachim von Sandrart (1606), Karl Albrecht (1920), Jenny-Wanda Barkmann (1922), Karl August von Hardenberg (1750), Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888), and Golo Mann (1909).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Reinhart Koselleck ranks 13. Before him are Aby Warburg (1866), Julius Wellhausen (1844), Erich Auerbach (1892), Hermann Alexander Diels (1848), Christoph Cellarius (1638), and Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876). After him are Golo Mann (1909), August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735), Heinrich von Treitschke (1834), Hieronymus Wolf (1516), Jan Assmann (1938), and Helmold (1120).

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