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Walter Jens

1923 - 2013

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Walter Jens (8 March 1923 – 9 June 2013) was a German philologist, literature historian, critic, university professor and writer. He was born in Hamburg, and attended the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums from 1933 to 1941, when he gained his Abitur, before studying at the University of Hamburg. In the early 1940s, Jens joined the NSDAP. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Jens has received more than 35,222 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Jens is the 388th most popular historian (down from 298th in 2019), the 4,325th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,853rd in 2019) and the 50th most popular German Historian.

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  • 45.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Walter Jens ranks 388 out of 339. Before him are Simon Janashia, J. B. Bury, Christopher Lasch, Carl Benjamin Boyer, Miguel León-Portilla, and Stephen Greenblatt. After him are Richard J. Evans, Sara Ashurbeyli, Zdeněk Nejedlý, Simon Schama, Agnes Arber, and George Grote.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Walter Jens ranks 324. Before him are Bob Barker, Tom M. Apostol, Jean Stapleton, Bruno Zumino, Helen Murray Free, and Piero D'Inzeo. After him are James Stockdale, Liviu Ciulei, Mukesh, Patrick Moore, Ivor Bueb, and Wim van der Voort. Among people deceased in 2013, Walter Jens ranks 333. Before him are Stanisław Nagy, Paul Bearer, Abdul Quader Molla, Hartmut Briesenick, Bert Stern, and Trevor Bolder. After him are Holger Juul Hansen, Manna Dey, Masae Kasai, Ersilio Tonini, Gerard Cieślik, and Jan Zwartkruis.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Jens ranks 4,325 out of 6,142. Before him are Ulrich Biesinger (1933), Bernhard Horwitz (1807), Hubert Hahne (1935), Adrian Sutil (1983), Hedwig Kohn (1887), and Bernd Patzke (1943). After him are Horst Faas (1933), Gabriele Reinsch (1963), Georg Holtzendorff (null), Bernd Nickel (1949), Christa Luding-Rothenburger (1959), and Adolf Bartels (1862).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Walter Jens ranks 50. Before him are Gerhard Ritter (1888), Franz Babinger (1891), Joseph Hergenröther (1824), Heinrich Ewald (1803), Peter Gay (1923), and Nikolaus Pevsner (1902). After him are Hermann Oldenberg (1854), Rainer Zitelmann (1957), Oliver Grau (1965), and Gerhard Weinberg (1928).

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