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Werner Sombart

1863 - 1941

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Werner Sombart (; German: [ˈzɔmbaʁt]; 19 January 1863 – 18 May 1941) was a German economist, historian and sociologist. Head of the "Youngest Historical School," he was one of the leading Continental European social scientists during the first quarter of the 20th century. The term late capitalism is accredited to him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Werner Sombart has received more than 360,353 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Werner Sombart is the 53rd most popular economist (down from 49th in 2019), the 662nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 597th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Economist.

Werner Sombart is most famous for his book, "The Jews and Modern Capitalism."

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Werner Sombart has had the most page views in the with 51,380 views, followed by German (18,024), and Russian (10,686). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (98.44%), Simple English (79.67%), and Luxembourgish (66.52%)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Werner Sombart ranks 53 out of 414. Before him are Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, William Stanley Jevons, Murray Rothbard, John Hicks, Thorstein Veblen, and Tansu Çiller. After him are Bertil Ohlin, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Douglass North, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Benjamin Graham, and Wang Anshi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Werner Sombart ranks 23. Before him are Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Joaquín Sorolla, Wilhelm Marx, Austen Chamberlain, Alexandre Yersin, and Gaston Doumergue. After him are Max Wolf, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Franz Stuck, George Santayana, Heinrich Rickert, and Reinhard Scheer. Among people deceased in 1941, Werner Sombart ranks 26. Before him are Frederick Banting, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Ernst Udet, Prajadhipok, and Werner Mölders. After him are Kurt Koffka, Ludwig Quidde, Günther Prien, Alexej von Jawlensky, Sherwood Anderson, and Christian Rakovsky.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Werner Sombart ranks 662 out of 7,253. Before him are Gerhard Ertl (1936), Ottmar Hitzfeld (1949), Rudolf Bultmann (1884), Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), and George William, Elector of Brandenburg (1595). After him are Maurice de Saxe (1696), Karl Carstens (1914), Werner von Haeften (1908), Otto Grotewohl (1894), Manfred Eigen (1927), and Berti Vogts (1946).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Germany

Among economists born in Germany, Werner Sombart ranks 5. Before him are Karl Marx (1818), Klaus Schwab (1938), Wassily Leontief (1906), and Friedrich List (1789). After him are Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783), Eugen Dühring (1833), Franz Oppenheimer (1864), Alfred Weber (1868), Gottfried Feder (1883), Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810), and Lorenz von Stein (1815).

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