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William H. McNeill

1917 - 2016

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William Hardy McNeill (October 31, 1917 – July 8, 2016) was an American historian and author, noted for his argument that contact and exchange among civilizations is what drives human history forward, first postulated in The Rise of the West (1963). He was the Robert A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William H. McNeill has received more than 5,021 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). William H. McNeill is the 223rd most popular historian (up from 258th in 2019), the 176th most popular biography from Canada (up from 250th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Historian.

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  • 5.0k

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  • 51.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, William H. McNeill ranks 223 out of 339. Before him are Reinhart Dozy, George Buchanan, Karl Krumbacher, Georges Lefebvre, Peter Brown, and Janko Prunk. After him are Ivane Javakhishvili, Aulus Cremutius Cordus, Ibn Abd al-Hakam, Juan de Mariana, Joseph de Guignes, and Paul Veyne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, William H. McNeill ranks 155. Before him are Adam Malik, Suzy Delair, Ernst von Glasersfeld, Barry Commoner, Zoltán Fábri, and Caspar Weinberger. After him are Red Auerbach, Dabbs Greer, James Jesus Angleton, Dondinho, Ann Rutherford, and Celeste Holm. Among people deceased in 2016, William H. McNeill ranks 188. Before him are Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Frank Sinatra Jr., Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, David Huddleston, Georges Cottier, and Qahhor Mahkamov. After him are Alan Thicke, Željko Čajkovski, Vilmos Zsigmond, Yang Jiang, Klim Churyumov, and Ann Morgan Guilbert.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, William H. McNeill ranks 176 out of 1,350. Before him are Hayden Christensen (1981), Walter Pidgeon (1897), Jason Priestley (1969), Tommy Chong (1938), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), and Phil Esposito (1942). After him are Hubert Reeves (1932), Alan Thicke (1947), Maynard Ferguson (1928), Ted Kotcheff (1931), Emily Carr (1871), and Sandra Oh (1971).

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Among HISTORIANS In Canada

Among historians born in Canada, William H. McNeill ranks 1. 

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