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William Robertson

1721 - 1793

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William Robertson FRSE FSA Scot (19 September 1721 – 11 June 1793) was a Scottish historian, minister in the Church of Scotland, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh. "The thirty years during which [he] presided over the University perhaps represent the highest point in its history." He made significant contributions to the writing of Scottish history and the history of Spain and Spanish America. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Robertson has received more than 25,889 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Robertson is the 379th most popular historian (down from 274th in 2019), the 3,752nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,991st in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Historian.

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  • 45.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, William Robertson ranks 379 out of 339. Before him are H. A. R. Gibb, Daniel Pipes, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Anton Heinrich Springer, and Marsyas of Pella. After him are Benny Morris, Timofey Granovsky, Simon Janashia, J. B. Bury, Christopher Lasch, and Carl Benjamin Boyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1721, William Robertson ranks 19. Before him are Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Joseph de Guignes, Anna Dorothea Therbusch, Francesco Sabatini, and Roger Sherman. After him are Benjamin Wilson, Peyton Randolph, and William Collins. Among people deceased in 1793, William Robertson ranks 44. Before him are Katsukawa Shunshō, Timur Shah Durrani, Roger Sherman, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, and Peter Perez Burdett. After him is Gilbert White.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Robertson ranks 3,752 out of 7,765. Before him are Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855), Michael Rennie (1909), Piers Sellers (1955), Amy Macdonald (1987), William Powell Frith (1819), and William Tenn (1920). After him are John Powell (1963), William Rutter Dawes (1799), Paul Anderson (1978), John Paul Young (1950), Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811), and Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece (1968).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, William Robertson ranks 40. Before him are Frances Yates (1899), Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928), G. M. Trevelyan (1876), Martin Gilbert (1936), Niall Ferguson (1964), and Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938). After him are Richard J. Evans (1947), Simon Schama (1945), Agnes Arber (1879), George Grote (1794), Timothy Garton Ash (1955), and Kenneth Clark (1903).

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