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William Robertson

1721 - 1793

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William Robertson (19 September 1721 – 11 June 1793) was a Scottish historian, cleric, and educator who served as Principal of the University of Edinburgh, Chaplain of Stirling Castle, and one of the King's Chaplains in Scotland. Robertson made significant contributions to the writing of Scottish history and the history of Spain and Spanish America, and his historiographical approach had considerable contemporary influence (particularly his emphasis on the consistency of human nature across different eras and societies). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Robertson has received more than 26,990 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). William Robertson is the 463rd most popular historian (down from 379th in 2019), the 4,007th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,744th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Historian.

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  • 46.58

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, William Robertson ranks 463 out of 561. Before him are Donald Nicol, Miguel León-Portilla, Richard J. Evans, Simon Janashia, Ji Xianlin, and Lidiya Ponomarenko. After him are Arthur Smith Woodward, Hermann Oldenberg, Charles A. Beard, Benjamin Mazar, Djibril Tamsir Niane, and Zhao Rukuo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1721, William Robertson ranks 20. Before him are Tobias Smollett, Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Joseph de Guignes, Francesco Sabatini, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, and Roger Sherman. After him are Benjamin Wilson, Peyton Randolph, Mark Akenside, and William Collins. Among people deceased in 1793, William Robertson ranks 47. Before him are Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, Katsukawa Shunshō, Carl Gustaf Pilo, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Roger Sherman, and Timur Shah Durrani. After him are Johann August Ephraim Goeze, Gilbert White, and Peter Perez Burdett.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Robertson ranks 4,007 out of 8,785. Before him are Philip Hammond (1955), Conor Gallagher (2000), Kevin McKidd (1973), Sax Rohmer (1883), Brian Naylor (1923), and Mary Garden (1874). After him are Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841), David Cross (1949), Roy Bentley (1924), Ivor Allchurch (1929), Robert Whitehead (1823), and David Beaton (1494).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, William Robertson ranks 49. Before him are George Finlay (1799), Martin Gilbert (1936), Niall Ferguson (1964), David Marshall Lang (1924), Donald Nicol (1923), and Richard J. Evans (1947). After him are Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), Catharine Macaulay (1731), N. G. L. Hammond (1907), William of Newburgh (1130), Richard Overy (1947), and Kenneth Clark (1903).

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