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Christopher Browning

1944 - Today

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Christopher Robert Browning (born May 22, 1944) is an American historian and is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). A specialist on the Holocaust, Browning is known for his work documenting the Final Solution, the behavior of those implementing Nazi policies, and the use of survivor testimony. He is the author of nine books, including Ordinary Men (1992) and The Origins of the Final Solution (2004). Browning taught at Pacific Lutheran University from 1974 to 1999 and eventually became a Distinguished Professor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Browning is the 184th most popular historian (up from 477th in 2019), the 3,444th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,138th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Christopher Browning ranks 184 out of 561. Before him are Max Weinreich, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Friedrich Meinecke, Janko Prunk, Joseph Klausner, and Ferdinand Gregorovius. After him are Pulakeshin II, Ibn Abd al-Hakam, Linda Nochlin, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Évariste Lévi-Provençal, and Ernst Kantorowicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Christopher Browning ranks 257. Before him are Helena Rojo, Thongsing Thammavong, John Glover, Adrian Smith, Ulf Stark, and Bernd Bransch. After him are Billy Cobham, Frances de la Tour, Abdulah Sidran, Lena Nyman, Mitchell Feigenbaum, and Kelly Bishop.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christopher Browning ranks 3,444 out of 20,380. Before him are Vitas Gerulaitis (1954), Howard P. Robertson (1903), Djuna Barnes (1892), Paul Guilfoyle (1949), Lance Reddick (1962), and Donald O'Connor (1925). After him are Dorothy Parker (1893), Solomon Burke (1936), Barbara Lawrence (1930), Victor French (1934), Vic Morrow (1929), and Peter G. Peterson (1926).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Christopher Browning ranks 9. Before him are Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917), Donna Haraway (1944), Hayden White (1928), Richard Sennett (1943), Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), and Timothy D. Snyder (1969). After him are Linda Nochlin (1931), Howard Zinn (1922), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), Rudolph Rummel (1932), Natalie Zemon Davis (1928), and Richard G. Hovannisian (1932).

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