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Sheila Fitzpatrick

1941 - Today

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Sheila Mary Fitzpatrick (born June 4, 1941) is an Australian historian, whose main subjects are history of the Soviet Union and history of modern Russia, especially the Stalin era and the Great Purges, of which she proposes a "history from below", and is part of the "revisionist school" of Communist historiography. She has also critically reviewed the concept of totalitarianism and highlighted the differences between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in debates about comparison of Nazism and Stalinism. Fitzpatrick is professor at the Australian Catholic University (Melbourne), honorary professor at the University of Sydney, and Distinguished Service Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago. Prior to this, she taught Soviet history at the University of Texas at Austin and was the Bernadotte Everly Schmitt Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Sheila Fitzpatrick is the 387th most popular historian, the 173rd most popular biography from Australia and the most popular Australian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Sheila Fitzpatrick ranks 387 out of 561. Before her are Marin Drinov, Andrea Riccardi, Boris Rybakov, Fenestella, Heinrich von Sybel, and Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton. After her are İbrahim Peçevi, Stepanos Asoghik, Cyril Toumanoff, Dino Compagni, Hugh Trevor-Roper, and Serhii Plokhy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Sheila Fitzpatrick ranks 382. Before her are Kurt Raab, Jesús Moncada, Jean Dockx, Youcef Yousfi, Ayşe Kulin, and Jacob Nena. After her are Klaus Bonsack, Valeri Zolotukhin, Kaspar Villiger, Neil Aspinall, Navi Pillay, and Andrei Smirnov.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Sheila Fitzpatrick ranks 173 out of 1,143. Before her are Lew Hoad (1934), Jesse Spencer (1979), Anna Torv (1979), Portia de Rossi (1973), Owen Davidson (1943), and J. L. Mackie (1917). After her are Dawn Fraser (1937), Sidney Nolan (1917), Peter Carey (1943), Frank Sedgman (1927), Ian Thorpe (1982), and Harry Kewell (1978).

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Among HISTORIANS In Australia

Among historians born in Australia, Sheila Fitzpatrick ranks 1. After her are Christopher Clark (1960), and Edward Duyker (1955).

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