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Steven Runciman

1903 - 2000

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Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman (7 July 1903 – 1 November 2000), known as Steven Runciman, was an English historian best known for his three-volume A History of the Crusades (1951–54). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steven Runciman has received more than 389,073 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Steven Runciman is the 179th most popular historian (down from 156th in 2019), the 1,740th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,665th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Steven Runciman ranks 179 out of 561. Before him are Howard Zinn, Charles Diehl, Anthony Blunt, Michael Glykas, Joseph Klausner, and Pei Songzhi. After him are Martino Martini, Antony Beevor, Simon Dubnow, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Ferdinand Gregorovius, and Khvandamir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Steven Runciman ranks 121. Before him are Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Luigi Allemandi, Hans Litten, Vladimir Jankélévitch, Ma Bufang, and Flaminio Bertoni. After him are Candido Portinari, Cigerxwîn, Gregory Goodwin Pincus, Amy Johnson, K. Kamaraj, and Boris Blacher. Among people deceased in 2000, Steven Runciman ranks 90. Before him are Patrick O'Brian, Pierre Pflimlin, Roger Peyrefitte, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Tito Puente, and Terence McKenna. After him are Walter Krupinski, Hendrik Casimir, Charles M. Schulz, George Volkoff, Ahmad Shamlou, and Rabah Bitat.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Steven Runciman ranks 1,740 out of 8,785. Before him are Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), William Cullen (1710), Terry Eagleton (1943), Gordon Ramsay (1966), David Gill (1843), and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640). After him are Anthony Quayle (1913), Margaret Scriven (1912), Owain Glyndŵr (1359), Philip Sidney (1554), Geri Halliwell (1972), and Walter Bagehot (1826).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Steven Runciman ranks 14. Before him are Peter Burke (1937), Ian Kershaw (1943), Norman Davies (1939), Arnold Toynbee (1852), E. P. Thompson (1924), and Anthony Blunt (1907). After him are Antony Beevor (1946), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), William of Malmesbury (1080), Robert Conquest (1917), Tony Judt (1948), and John Foxe (1516).

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