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Robert Darnton

1939 - Today

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Robert Choate Darnton (born May 10, 1939) is an American cultural historian and academic librarian who specializes in 18th-century France. He was director of the Harvard University Library from 2007 to 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Darnton has received more than 186,568 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Darnton is the 231st most popular historian, the 3,896th most popular biography from United States and the 11th most popular American Historian.

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  • 190k

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  • 51.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Robert Darnton ranks 231 out of 339. Before him are Aulus Cremutius Cordus, Ibn Abd al-Hakam, Juan de Mariana, Joseph de Guignes, Paul Veyne, and Friedrich Meinecke. After him are Marc Ferro, Saul Friedländer, John King Fairbank, Albert Soboul, Zeev Sternhell, and Ibn Hayyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Robert Darnton ranks 215. Before him are Leonid Kanevsky, Peter Mayle, Angelo Sormani, Brenda Vaccaro, Nông Đức Mạnh, and Bulle Ogier. After him are Patrick Wayne, Jacques Vallée, Néstor Combin, Marie-Claire Blais, Roy Buchanan, and Samad Behrangi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Darnton ranks 3,896 out of 18,182. Before him are Victoria Nuland (1961), Douglas Preston (1956), Robert Indiana (1928), Victoria Woodhull (1838), Brock Lesnar (1977), and Catherine Keener (1959). After him are Marion Davies (1897), Alice Brady (1892), Aaliyah (1979), Taj Mahal (1942), Walter Hunt (1796), and Elizabeth Loftus (1944).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Robert Darnton ranks 11. Before him are Hayden White (1928), Richard Sennett (1943), Howard Zinn (1922), Linda Nochlin (1931), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), and Frederick Jackson Turner (1861). After him are John King Fairbank (1907), William H. Prescott (1796), Natalie Zemon Davis (1928), Donald Keene (1922), Joan Wallach Scott (1941), and Drew Gilpin Faust (1947).

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