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Alfred W. Crosby

1931 - 2018

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Alfred Worcester Crosby Jr. (January 15, 1931 – March 14, 2018) was a professor of History, Geography, and American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, and University of Helsinki. He was the author of books including The Columbian Exchange (1972) and Ecological Imperialism (1986). In these works, he provided biological and geographical explanations for the question why Europeans were able to succeed with relative ease in what he referred to as the "Neo-Europes" of Australasia, North America, and southern South America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred W. Crosby is the 495th most popular historian (down from 480th in 2019), the 9,410th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,229th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Historian.

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Among historians, Alfred W. Crosby ranks 495 out of 561. Before him are Stephen F. Cohen, Samuel Eliot Morison, Michelle Perrot, Rainer Zitelmann, Frederic G. Kenyon, and Thomas Walker Arnold. After him are Robert Service, Daniel Pipes, William of Newburgh, American Horse, Walter Rodney, and Gregory Areshian.

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Among people born in 1931, Alfred W. Crosby ranks 502. Before him are Heinz Fütterer, Árpád Bárány, Bill Hoskyns, Christopher George, Charles Bassett, and Barry Foster. After him are Jiří Feureisl, Park Wan-suh, Sergio Obeso Rivera, Dan Rather, Elizabeth J. Feinler, and Allan Jay. Among people deceased in 2018, Alfred W. Crosby ranks 440. Before him are Jürgen Marcus, Brigitte Ahrenholz, Branislav Pokrajac, Daniel Akaka, Ray Wilkins, and Muhibbe Darga. After him are Wilhelm Genazino, Mary Carlisle, Ricky Jay, William Blum, Manuel Rodríguez, and Maria Rohm.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alfred W. Crosby ranks 9,412 out of 20,380. Before him are Daniel Henney (1979), Jane Irwin Harrison (1804), John L. Phillips (1951), Bill Robinson (1877), Robert Pearce (1908), and Alfred Mosher Butts (1899). After him are James Joseph Dresnok (1941), Chuck Mangione (1940), Ray Allen (1975), Edith M. Flanigen (1929), C. I. Scofield (1843), and Clarke Peters (1952).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Alfred W. Crosby ranks 38. Before him are John King Fairbank (1907), Charles Homer Haskins (1870), Robert Jay Lifton (1926), Lothrop Stoddard (1883), Stephen F. Cohen (1938), and Samuel Eliot Morison (1887). After him are Daniel Pipes (1949), American Horse (1840), Richard Taruskin (1945), Christopher Lasch (1932), David Bordwell (1947), and Carroll Quigley (1910).

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