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W. Montgomery Watt

1909 - 2006

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William Montgomery Watt (14 March 1909 – 24 October 2006) was a Scottish historian and orientalist. An Anglican priest, Watt served as Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh from 1964 to 1979 and was also a prominent contributor to the field of Quranic studies. Watt was one of the foremost non-Muslim interpreters of Islam in the West. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. Montgomery Watt has received more than 142,394 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). W. Montgomery Watt is the 193rd most popular historian (up from 196th in 2019), the 1,881st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,045th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Historian.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, W. Montgomery Watt ranks 193 out of 561. Before him are Gustav Hugo, Roger Chartier, Karl Lamprecht, Adémar de Chabannes, Philistus, and Slobodan Jovanović. After him are William of Malmesbury, Évariste Lévi-Provençal, Frederick Jackson Turner, Max Weinreich, Abu Mikhnaf, and Linda Nochlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, W. Montgomery Watt ranks 131. Before him are Jerzy Andrzejewski, Dean Rusk, David Frankfurter, Reuven Shiloah, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, and Seichō Matsumoto. After him are Géza Toldi, Barry Goldwater, Max Baer, Johannes Willebrands, Leyla Mammadbeyova, and Richard Wurmbrand. Among people deceased in 2006, W. Montgomery Watt ranks 129. Before him are Esther Lederberg, Faas Wilkes, Coretta Scott King, Allan Kaprow, Marie Tharp, and Ferenc Szusza. After him are Johannes Willebrands, Wilson Pickett, Valentín Paniagua, Caspar Weinberger, Shoshana Damari, and Yuval Ne'eman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, W. Montgomery Watt ranks 1,881 out of 8,785. Before him are Pauline Moran (1947), John Watson (1946), Frederick Copleston (1907), Lilian Harvey (1906), Steve Howe (1947), and Alexander William Williamson (1824). After him are Noël Coward (1899), William of Malmesbury (1080), William Playfair (1759), Clive Burr (1957), Donald Crisp (1882), and David Lodge (1935).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, W. Montgomery Watt ranks 16. Before him are Norman Davies (1939), Arnold Toynbee (1852), E. P. Thompson (1924), Anthony Blunt (1907), Steven Runciman (1903), and Antony Beevor (1946). After him are William of Malmesbury (1080), Robert Conquest (1917), Tony Judt (1948), John Foxe (1516), Gerald of Wales (1146), and Timothy Garton Ash (1955).

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