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PHILOSOPHER

Ted Nelson

1937 - Today

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Theodor Holm Nelson (born June 17, 1937) is an American pioneer of information technology, philosopher, and sociologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ted Nelson has received more than 702,734 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Ted Nelson is the 702nd most popular philosopher (up from 706th in 2019), the 2,704th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,647th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ted Nelson ranks 702 out of 1,081. Before him are Rudolph Goclenius, Wang Bi, Denis de Rougemont, Johann Heinrich Alsted, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, and John Argyropoulos. After him are Maximus of Tyre, Fulbert of Chartres, Lucien Goldmann, Hermarchus, Yang Xiong, and Asclepigenia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Ted Nelson ranks 135. Before him are Ned Beatty, Lajos Portisch, Aslan Usoyan, Olusegun Obasanjo, Erich Segal, and Dyan Cannon. After him are Archie Shepp, Anna Hazare, Sally Kellerman, Chandrashekhara Kambara, Suzanne Pleshette, and Foday Sankoh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ted Nelson ranks 2,704 out of 18,182. Before him are Erich Segal (1937), Nolan Bushnell (1943), Ira Gershwin (1896), Stella Adler (1901), Michael DeBakey (1908), and Dyan Cannon (1937). After him are Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891), Winslow Homer (1836), Wallace Shawn (1943), Allen Newell (1927), Liev Schreiber (1967), and George Pullman (1831).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Ted Nelson ranks 27. Before him are Reinhold Niebuhr (1892), Mary Parker Follett (1868), Jerry Fodor (1935), William Heard Kilpatrick (1871), Alvin Plantinga (1932), and Michael Walzer (1935). After him are Helen Parkhurst (1886), Eric Hoffer (1898), Donald Davidson (1917), Michael J. Sandel (1953), Nancy Fraser (1947), and Mortimer J. Adler (1902).

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