1916 - 1970
Richard Hofstadter (August 6, 1916 – October 24, 1970) was an American historian and public intellectual of the mid-20th century. Hofstadter was the DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University. Rejecting his earlier historical materialist approach to history, in the 1950s he came closer to the concept of "consensus history", and was epitomized by some of his admirers as the "iconic historian of postwar liberal consensus." Others see in his work an early critique of the one-dimensional society, as Hofstadter was equally critical of socialist and capitalist models of society, and bemoaned the "consensus" within the society as "bounded by the horizons of property and entrepreneurship", criticizing the "hegemonic liberal capitalist culture running throughout the course of American history".His most widely read works are Social Darwinism in American Thought, 1860–1915 (1944); The American Political Tradition (1948); The Age of Reform (1955); Anti-intellectualism in American Life (1963); and the essays collected in The Paranoid Style in American Politics (1964). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Hofstadter has received more than 563,174 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Hofstadter is the 428th most popular historian, the 9,506th most popular biography from United States and the 37th most popular American Historian.
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Among historians, Richard Hofstadter ranks 428 out of 339. Before him are Romila Thapar, Jacob Theodor Klein, Vasily Struve, Lawrence Stone, Richard Overy, and Robert Kagan. After him are Anvar Chingizoglu, Mary Beard, Iain Pears, Mark Mazower, Avi Shlaim, and Elaine Pagels.
1931 - Present
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 422
1685 - 1759
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 423
1889 - 1965
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 424
1919 - 1999
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 425
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 426
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.17
Rank: 427
1916 - 1970
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 428
1962 - 2022
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 429
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 430
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 431
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 432
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 433
1943 - Present
HPI: 40.97
Rank: 434
Among people born in 1916, Richard Hofstadter ranks 258. Before him are Gaylord Nelson, Frank Parker, Ruy de Freitas, Peter Geach, Richard K. Guy, and Don Keefer. After him are Betty Taylor, Spark Matsunaga, Virginia Gregg, Giuseppe Tosi, Roderick Chisholm, and I. J. Good. Among people deceased in 1970, Richard Hofstadter ranks 224. Before him are Conrad Nagel, Matthias Heidemann, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Edward Everett Horton, William Hopper, and Anita Louise. After him are Okuro Oikawa, Marjorie Rambeau, Booker Ervin, John T. Scopes, Earl Hooker, and William Daniels.
1916 - 2005
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 252
1916 - 1997
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 253
1916 - 2012
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 254
1916 - 2013
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 255
1916 - 2020
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 256
1916 - 2014
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 257
1916 - 1970
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 258
1916 - 1977
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 259
1916 - 1990
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 260
1916 - 1986
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 261
1916 - 1981
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 262
1916 - 1999
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 263
1916 - 2009
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 264
1897 - 1970
HPI: 43.21
Rank: 218
1912 - 1970
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 219
1904 - 1970
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 220
1886 - 1970
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 221
1915 - 1970
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 222
1915 - 1970
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 223
1916 - 1970
HPI: 42.08
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1896 - 1970
HPI: 41.99
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1889 - 1970
HPI: 41.42
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1930 - 1970
HPI: 41.42
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1900 - 1970
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 228
1930 - 1970
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 229
1901 - 1970
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 230
Among people born in United States, Richard Hofstadter ranks 9,506 out of 18,182. Before him are Marc Blucas (1972), Torrey DeVitto (1984), Moira Kelly (1968), Eddie Harris (1934), Sean Paul Lockhart (1986), and James Dickey (1923). After him are Candice King (1987), Dusty Anderson (1918), Nicholas Brendon (1971), Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896), Kevin Nealon (1953), and Mike Mignola (1960).
1972 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 9,500
1984 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 9,501
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 9,502
1934 - 1996
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 9,503
1986 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 9,504
1923 - 1997
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 9,505
1916 - 1970
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 9,506
1987 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 9,507
1918 - 2007
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 9,508
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 9,509
1896 - 1953
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 9,510
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 9,511
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 9,512
Among historians born in United States, Richard Hofstadter ranks 37. Before him are Alfred W. Crosby (1931), Christopher Browning (1944), Carroll Quigley (1910), Robert Jay Lifton (1926), Timothy D. Snyder (1969), and Stephen F. Cohen (1938). After him are Elaine Pagels (1943), Mary Ritter Beard (1876), James H. Billington (1929), Richard G. Hovannisian (1932), Francis Parkman (1823), and Allan Lichtman (1947).
1931 - 2018
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 31
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 32
1910 - 1977
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 33
1926 - Present
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 34
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 35
1938 - 2020
HPI: 42.78
Rank: 36
1916 - 1970
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 37
1943 - Present
HPI: 40.97
Rank: 38
1876 - 1958
HPI: 40.53
Rank: 39
1929 - 2018
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 40
1932 - 2023
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 41
1823 - 1893
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 42
1947 - Present
HPI: 35.36
Rank: 43