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Ronald Syme

1903 - 1989

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Sir Ronald Syme, (11 March 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist. He was regarded as the greatest historian of ancient Rome since Theodor Mommsen and the most brilliant exponent of the history of the Roman Empire since Edward Gibbon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ronald Syme has received more than 159,852 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ronald Syme is the 342nd most popular historian (down from 341st in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 50th in 2019) and the most popular New Zealander Historian.

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  • 56.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ronald Syme ranks 342 out of 561. Before him are Edward Granville Browne, Paul Kennedy, Israel Gutman, Timothy D. Snyder, Benny Morris, and John King Fairbank. After him are Heinrich Zimmer, Ernest Fenollosa, Girolamo Mei, Jérôme Carcopino, Fernão Lopes, and William H. Prescott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Ronald Syme ranks 208. Before him are Morgan Taylor, Nils Ramm, Nancy Carroll, Wage Rudolf Supratman, Graham Sutherland, and Leo Huberman. After him are René Wellek, Lev Dovator, Pierre Veyron, Rudolf Wolters, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, and Camilla Horn. Among people deceased in 1989, Ronald Syme ranks 180. Before him are Carl Dahlhaus, Christine Jorgensen, Maurice Evans, René Petit, Yasushi Akutagawa, and Sándor Weöres. After him are John J. McCloy, Mark Krein, Harald Edelstam, Richard Quine, Edmund Leach, and Inji Aflatoun.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Ronald Syme ranks 40 out of 303. Before him are Manu Bennett (1969), Clive Revill (1930), Taika Waititi (1975), Janet Frame (1924), Gary Thain (1948), and Rob Hall (1961). After him are Ngaio Marsh (1895), Keith Urban (1967), Jacinda Ardern (1980), William Phillips (1914), Roy Kerr (1934), and Anthony Wilding (1883).

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Among HISTORIANS In New Zealand

Among historians born in New Zealand, Ronald Syme ranks 1. 

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