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Francis Parkman

1823 - 1893

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Francis Parkman Jr. (September 16, 1823 – November 8, 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. These works are still valued as historical sources and as literature. He was also a leading horticulturist, briefly a professor of horticulture at Harvard University and author of several books on the topic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Parkman is the 527th most popular historian (up from 541st in 2019), the 11,303rd most popular biography from United States (up from 12,971st in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Francis Parkman ranks 527 out of 561. Before him are Djibril Tamsir Niane, Simon Schama, Carroll Quigley, Richard Hofstadter, Jan Morris, and Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa. After him are Romila Thapar, Charles Oman, Richard Bauckham, Warren Treadgold, Vasily Struve, and Andrei Lankov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Francis Parkman ranks 79. Before him are Guillermo Tell Villegas, Manolache Costache Epureanu, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Sanford Robinson Gifford, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, and Henry Wirz. After him are George Henry Williams, Edward Augustus Freeman, Coventry Patmore, William Hart, and Thomas Francis Meagher. Among people deceased in 1893, Francis Parkman ranks 85. Before him are Hamilton Fish, John William Casilear, Edwin Booth, Edmund Kirby Smith, John Ballance, and Aleksandra Potanina. After him are Fanny Kemble, John Addington Symonds, John Rae, and Benjamin Jowett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Francis Parkman ranks 11,305 out of 20,380. Before him are Adrienne King (1960), George R. Price (1922), Jack Antonoff (1984), Steve Cochran (1917), Lucy Hale (1989), and Brené Brown (1965). After him are Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900), Terrence Mann (1951), Patti Hansen (1956), Tom Mankiewicz (1942), Carl Pomerance (1944), and Jeff Garlin (1962).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Francis Parkman ranks 46. Before him are American Horse (1840), Richard Taruskin (1945), Christopher Lasch (1932), David Bordwell (1947), Carroll Quigley (1910), and Richard Hofstadter (1916). After him are Anthony Grafton (1950), Ellen Meiksins Wood (1942), Bernard Bailyn (1922), James H. Billington (1929), Elaine Pagels (1943), and Allan Lichtman (1947).

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