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Carroll Quigley

1910 - 1977

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Carroll Quigley (; November 9, 1910 – January 3, 1977) was an American historian and theorist of the evolution of civilizations. He is remembered for his teaching work as a professor at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and his seminal works, The Evolution of Civilizations: An Introduction to Historical Analysis, and Tragedy And Hope; A History Of The World In Our Time, in which he states that an Anglo-American banking elite have worked together for centuries to spread certain values globally. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Carroll Quigley is the 523rd most popular historian (down from 508th in 2024), the 10,745th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,466th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Historian.

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Among historians, Carroll Quigley ranks 523 out of 561. Before him are Orlando Figes, Andreas Maislinger, Alessandro Barbero, Horace Engdahl, Djibril Tamsir Niane, and Simon Schama. After him are Richard Hofstadter, Jan Morris, Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa, Francis Parkman, Romila Thapar, and Charles Oman.

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Among people born in 1910, Carroll Quigley ranks 373. Before him are Luise Ullrich, Arthur Hunnicutt, Raya Dunayevskaya, Aldo Montano, Rosa Kellner, and Rose Friedman. After him are Shunkichi Hamada, Aileen Meagher, Marion Roper, David Lack, Vittorio Tamagnini, and Emily Hood Westacott. Among people deceased in 1977, Carroll Quigley ranks 258. Before him are Jean Capelle, José Naya, Florence Vidor, Nalini Bala Devi, Johannes Terwogt, and Terence Rattigan. After him are Jean Delarge, Ricardo Cortez, Paulo d'Eça Leal, Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe, Odd Frantzen, and Pauline Starke.

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Carroll Quigley ranks 44. Before him are Alfred W. Crosby (1931), Daniel Pipes (1949), American Horse (1840), Richard Taruskin (1945), Christopher Lasch (1932), and David Bordwell (1947). After him are Richard Hofstadter (1916), Francis Parkman (1823), Anthony Grafton (1950), Ellen Meiksins Wood (1942), Bernard Bailyn (1922), and James H. Billington (1929).

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