1947 - Today
Robert John Service (born 29 October 1947) is a British historian, academic, and author who has written extensively on the history of the Soviet Union, particularly the era from the October Revolution to Stalin's death. He was until 2013 a professor of Russian history at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, and a senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He is best known for his biographies of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Service has received more than 17,140 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Robert Service is the 320th most popular historian (down from 276th in 2019), the 4,280th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,789th in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Historian.
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Among historians, Robert Service ranks 320 out of 341. Before him are Vasily Struve, Timothy D. Snyder, Charles A. Beard, Simon Schama, Richard J. Evans, and Jacques Barzun. After him are Robert Jay Lifton, Orlando Figes, Anvar Chingizoglu, Minhaj-i-Siraj, Iain Pears, and Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī.
1889 - 1965
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 314
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 315
1874 - 1948
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 316
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 317
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 318
1907 - 2012
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 319
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 320
1926 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 321
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 322
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 323
1193 - 1260
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 324
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 325
1413 - 1482
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 326
Among people born in 1947, Robert Service ranks 544. Before him are Richard J. Evans, Cemil Turan, Mumtaz, Nikolai Volkoff, Grethe Kausland, and Sten Stensen. After him are Rói Patursson, Rustam Kazakov, Sally Struthers, Dao Bandon, Mark Dayton, and Yordanka Blagoeva.
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 538
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 539
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 540
1947 - 2018
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 541
1947 - 2007
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 542
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 543
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 544
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 545
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 546
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 547
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 548
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 549
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 550
Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Service ranks 4,280 out of 6,924. Before him are Beryl Bainbridge (1932), Sheila Hancock (1933), John Smith (1938), John Dill (1881), Ian McElhinney (1948), and Chris Dreja (1945). After him are Chris Lawrence (1933), James Herbert (1943), Gary Cahill (1985), Michael Winterbottom (1961), Will Champion (1978), and Bart McGhee (1899).
1932 - 2010
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 4,274
1933 - Present
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 4,275
1938 - 1994
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 4,276
1881 - 1944
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 4,277
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 4,278
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 4,279
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 4,280
1933 - 2011
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 4,281
1943 - 2013
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 4,282
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 4,283
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 4,284
1978 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 4,285
1899 - 1979
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 4,286
Among historians born in United Kingdom, Robert Service ranks 44. Before him are William of Newburgh (1130), George Grote (1794), Kenneth Clark (1903), Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), Simon Schama (1945), and Richard J. Evans (1947). After him are Orlando Figes (1959), Iain Pears (1955), Mark Mazower (1958), Mary Beard (1955), and Adrian Goldsworthy (1969).
1130 - 1190
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 38
1794 - 1871
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 39
1903 - 1983
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 40
1864 - 1944
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 41
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 42
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 43
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 44
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 45
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 46
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 47
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 48
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 49