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Stanley Morison

1889 - 1967

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Stanley Arthur Morison (6 May 1889 – 11 October 1967) was a British typographer, printing executive and historian of printing. Largely self-educated, he promoted higher standards in printing and an awareness of the best printing and typefaces of the past. From the 1920s Morison became an influential adviser to the British Monotype Corporation, advising them on type design. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanley Morison has received more than 177,730 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley Morison is the 402nd most popular historian, the 3,420th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 36th most popular British Historian.

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  • 180k

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  • 55.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Stanley Morison ranks 402 out of 561. Before him are Jerónimo Zurita y Castro, Gottfried Arnold, Martin van Creveld, Agnes Arber, Gerhard Ritter, and Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.. After him are Olena Apanovych, Philip K. Hitti, Vladimir Ćorović, Florian Cajori, Chimalpahin, and Daniel Pipes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Stanley Morison ranks 218. Before him are Jan Kok, Georges Bonnet, Géo André, Anita Loos, Carl Bertilsson, and Richard O'Connor. After him are Paul Deman, Giovanni Micheletto, James L. Peters, Arnulf Øverland, Ted Wilde, and Fanny Durack. Among people deceased in 1967, Stanley Morison ranks 189. Before him are Ramón Zabalo, Fritz Schäffer, Georges Berger, Percy Hodge, Mischa Auer, and Gerhard Ritter. After him are Fausto Acke, Angela Piskernik, Juan Luque de Serrallonga, Marcello Bertinetti, Ernestas Galvanauskas, and Paul Whiteman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stanley Morison ranks 3,420 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Frayn (1933), Storm Thorgerson (1944), Edith Sitwell (1887), Andy Bown (1946), Walter Burley (1275), and Al Atkins (1947). After him are William Tenn (1920), Bert Jansch (1943), Brian Lumley (1937), Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), and John O. Westwood (1805).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Stanley Morison ranks 36. Before him are Paul Kennedy (1945), John Keegan (1934), Francis Godwin (1562), Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (1931), Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914), and Agnes Arber (1879). After him are Thomas Fuller (1608), Thomas Walker Arnold (1864), G. M. Trevelyan (1876), Frederic G. Kenyon (1863), William Mitchell Ramsay (1851), and Frances Yates (1899).

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