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Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

1917 - 2007

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Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. ( SHLESS-in-jər; born Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger; October 15, 1917 – February 28, 2007) was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual. The son of the influential historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. and a specialist in American history, much of Schlesinger's work explored the history of 20th-century American liberalism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. is the 81st most popular historian (up from 401st in 2019), the 1,422nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,407th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ranks 81 out of 561. Before him are Henri Pirenne, Al-Dhahabi, Eutropius, Gaston Maspero, Kenneth Clark, and Nicolaus of Damascus. After him are George Ostrogorsky, Carlo Ginzburg, Julius Wellhausen, Timaeus, Donna Haraway, and Erich Auerbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ranks 59. Before him are Hirokazu Ninomiya, Jack Kirby, Dizzy Gillespie, Kunitaka Sueoka, Jane Wyman, and Edward Norton Lorenz. After him are Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, Violeta Parra, Leonora Carrington, John Lee Hooker, Thelonious Monk, and Juan Rulfo. Among people deceased in 2007, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ranks 42. Before him are Abdul Rahman Arif, Alan MacDiarmid, Paul Lauterbur, Richard Rorty, Stanley Miller, and Jane Wyman. After him are Henri Troyat, Arawa Kimura, Momofuku Ando, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Abbé Pierre, and John Backus.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ranks 1,422 out of 20,380. Before him are E. Donnall Thomas (1920), Matt Groening (1954), Timothy M. Dolan (1950), Mae West (1893), Sam Jones (1933), and Jeremy Renner (1971). After him are Nellie Bly (1864), Ed Bradley (1941), Don Cherry (1936), Cass Elliot (1941), Dalton Trumbo (1905), and Pat Carroll (1927).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ranks 3. Before him are Thomas Kuhn (1922), and Jared Diamond (1937). After him are Donna Haraway (1944), Hayden White (1928), Richard Sennett (1943), Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), Timothy D. Snyder (1969), Christopher Browning (1944), Linda Nochlin (1931), Howard Zinn (1922), and Deborah Lipstadt (1947).

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