1917 - 2015
George Robert Acworth Conquest (15 July 1917 – 3 August 2015) was a British-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 646,408 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Robert Conquest is the 179th most popular historian (down from 144th in 2019), the 1,900th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,671st in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Historian.
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Among historians, Robert Conquest ranks 179 out of 339. Before him are Pulakeshin II, Simon Dubnow, Michael Attaleiates, Peter Andreas Munch, Arno Peters, and Festus. After him are Heinrich Graetz, Bernard Desclot, Hermann Abert, Paisius of Hilendar, Edgar Quinet, and Philistus.
610 - 642
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 173
1860 - 1941
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 174
1021 - 1080
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 175
1810 - 1863
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 176
1916 - 2002
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 177
390 - 380
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 178
1917 - 2015
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 179
1817 - 1891
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 180
1201 - 1287
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 181
1871 - 1927
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 182
1722 - 1773
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 183
1803 - 1875
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 184
430 BC - 356 BC
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 185
Among people born in 1917, Robert Conquest ranks 137. Before him are June Allyson, Đỗ Mười, Donald Davidson, Kerim Kerimov, Han Suyin, and Raymond Burr. After him are Isang Yun, Sameera Moussa, Mongo Santamaría, Fulbert Youlou, Shams Pahlavi, and Desi Arnaz. Among people deceased in 2015, Robert Conquest ranks 125. Before him are Guy Ligier, Geoffrey Lewis, Douglas Tompkins, Aleksei Gubarev, Chea Sim, and Judith Malina. After him are Gene Amdahl, James Aldridge, Wim Ruska, Diana Douglas, Frances Oldham Kelsey, and Doris Hart.
1917 - 2006
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 131
1917 - 2018
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 132
1917 - 2003
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 133
1917 - 2003
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 134
1917 - 2012
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 135
1917 - 1993
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 136
1917 - 2015
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 137
1917 - 1995
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 138
1917 - 1952
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 139
1917 - 2003
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 140
1917 - 1972
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 141
1917 - 1996
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 142
1917 - 1986
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 143
1930 - 2015
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 119
1935 - 2015
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 120
1943 - 2015
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 121
1931 - 2015
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 122
1932 - 2015
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 123
1926 - 2015
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 124
1917 - 2015
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 125
1922 - 2015
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 126
1918 - 2015
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 127
1940 - 2015
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 128
1923 - 2015
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 129
1914 - 2015
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 130
1925 - 2015
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 131
Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Conquest ranks 1,900 out of 7,765. Before him are Edward FitzGerald (1809), Mary Ward (1585), Philip Kerr (1956), John Mills (1908), Ray Winstone (1957), and Robert Palmer (1949). After him are Cynric (450), Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883), John Paul Jones (1747), Centwine of Wessex (643), William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg (1184), and William Buckland (1784).
1809 - 1883
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 1,894
1585 - 1645
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 1,895
1956 - 2018
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 1,896
1908 - 2005
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 1,897
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 1,898
1949 - 2003
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 1,899
1917 - 2015
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 1,900
450 - 560
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 1,901
1883 - 1938
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 1,902
1747 - 1792
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 1,903
643 - 686
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 1,904
1184 - 1213
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 1,905
1784 - 1856
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 1,906
Among historians born in United Kingdom, Robert Conquest ranks 16. Before him are Norman Davies (1939), E. P. Thompson (1924), Ian Kershaw (1943), Arnold Toynbee (1852), Steven Runciman (1903), and Antony Beevor (1946). After him are Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), Quentin Skinner (1940), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), William of Malmesbury (1080), George Buchanan (1506), and John Foxe (1516).
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 10
1924 - 1993
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 11
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 12
1852 - 1883
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 13
1903 - 2000
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 14
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 15
1917 - 2015
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 16
1810 - 1870
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 17
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 18
1909 - 2006
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 19
1080 - 1140
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 20
1506 - 1582
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 21
1516 - 1587
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 22