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Stephen E. Ambrose

1936 - 2002

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Stephen Edward Ambrose (January 10, 1936 – October 13, 2002) was an American historian, academic, and author, most noted for his books on World War II and his biographies of U.S. presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a longtime professor of history at the University of New Orleans and the author of many bestselling volumes of American popular history. In 2002, historians discovered several instances of plagiarism in his books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen E. Ambrose has received more than 1,382,891 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen E. Ambrose is the 331st most popular historian (down from 313th in 2019), the 5,107th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,424th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Historian.

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  • 50.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Stephen E. Ambrose ranks 331 out of 561. Before him are Friedrich Kittler, Gerhard Friedrich Müller, Heinrich Gelzer, Deborah Lipstadt, Donald Keene, and Julien Ries. After him are Alain Besançon, Nicholas Adontz, Mykhailo Maksymovych, Walter Burkert, Edward Granville Browne, and Paul Kennedy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Stephen E. Ambrose ranks 291. Before him are Ivan Dias, Guillermo Escalada, Nicol Williamson, Emil Loteanu, Elisabeth Kopp, and Ivan Marchuk. After him are Nutan, Frederick Ballantyne, Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Abraham Lempel, Troy Donahue, and Frankétienne. Among people deceased in 2002, Stephen E. Ambrose ranks 170. Before him are André Clot, Sune Andersson, Arne Selmosson, Norihito, Prince Takamado, George Sidney, and Lawrence Tierney. After him are Francisco Coloane, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, R. M. Hare, Nils Bohlin, Kakhi Asatiani, and Irán Eory.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen E. Ambrose ranks 5,107 out of 20,380. Before him are Danai Gurira (1978), Robert Picardo (1953), Andrew Mellon (1855), Rosa Ponselle (1897), Pat Buchanan (1938), and Bradford Dillman (1930). After him are Paul Chambers (1935), Ali Larter (1976), Billy Burke (1966), Kevin Pollak (1957), Gregg Henry (1952), and Dann Florek (1950).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Stephen E. Ambrose ranks 14. Before him are Howard Zinn (1922), Frederick Jackson Turner (1861), Linda Nochlin (1931), Joan Wallach Scott (1941), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), and Donald Keene (1922). After him are Timothy D. Snyder (1969), John King Fairbank (1907), Ernest Fenollosa (1853), William H. Prescott (1796), Robert Darnton (1939), and Stanley G. Payne (1934).

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