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Will Durant

1885 - 1981

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William James Durant (; November 5, 1885 – November 7, 1981) was an American historian and philosopher, best known for his 11-volume work, The Story of Civilization, which contains and details the history of Eastern and Western civilizations. It was written in collaboration with his wife, Ariel Durant, and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy (1926), described as "a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy".Durant conceived of philosophy as total perspective or seeing things sub specie totius (i.e., "from the perspective of the whole")—a phrase inspired by Spinoza's sub specie aeternitatis, roughly meaning "from the perspective of the eternal". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Will Durant has received more than 1,422,357 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Will Durant is the 1,033rd most popular writer (up from 1,042nd in 2019), the 1,218th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,172nd in 2019) and the 123rd most popular American Writer.

Durant is most famous for being the first player to score 40 points in a game since Michael Jordan.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Will Durant ranks 1,033 out of 5,755. Before him are Egill Skallagrímsson, Shoko Asahara, Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Jerome K. Jerome, Marcus Minucius Felix, and John Malalas. After him are Corinna, Robert Merle, Al-Mutanabbi, Bulat Okudzhava, Sonia Rykiel, and Ellen Key.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Will Durant ranks 46. Before him are Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Giacomo Matteotti, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, G. W. Pabst, Kato Svanidze, and Romano Guardini. After him are Velimir Khlebnikov, Tamara Karsavina, Christian Wirth, Franz Böhme, Otto Klemperer, and Gunnar Asplund. Among people deceased in 1981, Will Durant ranks 37. Before him are Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Miroslav Krleža, David Wechsler, Zarah Leander, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, and Harry Harlow. After him are Bill Haley, Bernard Lee, Lobsang Rampa, Leo Kanner, Omar Torrijos, and Lotte Lenya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Will Durant ranks 1,218 out of 18,182. Before him are Mike Markkula (1942), Mary Jackson (1921), Rodney King (1965), John Gotti (1940), Nicholas Ray (1911), and Vera Miles (1929). After him are Michael Moore (1954), William Randolph Hearst (1863), Richard Donner (1930), Lawrence Klein (1920), James Spader (1960), and Jackie Coogan (1914).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Will Durant ranks 123. Before him are Martha Gellhorn (1908), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Tess Gerritsen (1953), Irving Stone (1903), Clive Cussler (1931), and Zelda Fitzgerald (1900). After him are Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), Fredric Brown (1906), Erskine Caldwell (1903), Joan Didion (1934), Irwin Shaw (1913), and Cormac McCarthy (1933).

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