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Robert Conquest

1917 - 2015

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George Robert Acworth Conquest (15 July 1917 – 3 August 2015) was a British and American historian, poet, and novelist. He was briefly a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain but later wrote several books against Communism. A long-time research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, Conquest was most notable for his work on the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Conquest has received more than 702,886 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Robert Conquest is the 200th most popular historian (down from 179th in 2019), the 1,965th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,895th in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Historian.

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  • 700k

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  • 60.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Robert Conquest ranks 200 out of 561. Before him are William of Malmesbury, Évariste Lévi-Provençal, Frederick Jackson Turner, Max Weinreich, Abu Mikhnaf, and Linda Nochlin. After him are Ibn Abd al-Hakam, Pulakeshin II, Alexander Vasiliev, Philochorus, Karl Otfried Müller, and Walter Laqueur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Robert Conquest ranks 141. Before him are Brad Dexter, Kerim Kerimov, Dabbs Greer, Heinrich Ehrler, Georgy Vitsin, and Franceska Mann. After him are Caspar Weinberger, Armando Trovajoli, Adam Malik, Mongo Santamaría, Zoltán Fábri, and Mouloud Mammeri. Among people deceased in 2015, Robert Conquest ranks 139. Before him are Ron Clarke, Harald Nielsen, Esther Brand, Doris Hart, Ernst Fuchs, and Roberto M. Levingston. After him are Valentin Rasputin, Douglas Tompkins, Franco Interlenghi, Dick Nanninga, Moses Malone, and Percy Sledge.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Conquest ranks 1,965 out of 8,785. Before him are Rachel Kempson (1910), Elias Ashmole (1617), George Frederic Watts (1817), Lindsay Kemp (1938), Ken Annakin (1914), and Thomas Hicks (1876). After him are Tom Sharpe (1928), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751), Cecil Beaton (1904), Roger Deakins (1949), Penelope Wilton (1946), and Dudley Moore (1935).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Robert Conquest ranks 18. Before him are E. P. Thompson (1924), Anthony Blunt (1907), Steven Runciman (1903), Antony Beevor (1946), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), and William of Malmesbury (1080). After him are Tony Judt (1948), John Foxe (1516), Gerald of Wales (1146), Timothy Garton Ash (1955), Quentin Skinner (1940), and Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810).

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