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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 354,194 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Steven Runciman is the 156th most popular historian (down from 121st in 2019), the 1,670th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,426th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Steven Runciman ranks 156 out of 339. Before him are Gottfried Achenwall, Ibn Wahshiyya, Martino Martini, Max Weinreich, Arnold Toynbee, and Agatharchides. After him are Afet İnan, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Jan Assmann, Antony Beevor, Benzion Netanyahu, and Linda Nochlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Steven Runciman ranks 116. Before him are Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Maria Giuseppa Robucci, Frank P. Ramsey, K. Kamaraj, Ma Bufang, and Nikos Zachariadis. After him are Cigerxwîn, Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Alf Sjöberg, Vladimir Jankélévitch, Dolores Costello, and Richard Thomalla. Among people deceased in 2000, Steven Runciman ranks 83. Before him are Charles M. Schulz, Yasuo Suzuki, Tito Puente, Patrick O'Brian, Hendrik Casimir, and Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia. After him are Richard Farnsworth, Charles Gray, Pierre Pflimlin, Rabah Bitat, Andy Hug, and Baden Powell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Steven Runciman ranks 1,670 out of 7,765. Before him are Elsa Lanchester (1902), James Bruce (1730), Ebenezer Howard (1850), Gytha of Wessex (1053), Orlando Gibbons (1583), and Vince Clarke (1960). After him are Henry Sidgwick (1838), Steve Howe (1947), Mike Leigh (1943), Glenn Murcutt (1936), Michael Owen (1979), and Harold Bride (1890).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Steven Runciman ranks 14. Before him are Anthony Blunt (1907), Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), Norman Davies (1939), E. P. Thompson (1924), Ian Kershaw (1943), and Arnold Toynbee (1852). After him are Antony Beevor (1946), Robert Conquest (1917), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), Quentin Skinner (1940), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), and William of Malmesbury (1080).

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