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Georges Duby

1919 - 1996

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Georges Duby (French: [ʒɔʁʒ dybi]; 7 October 1919 – 3 December 1996) was a French historian who specialised in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages. He ranks among the most influential medieval historians of the twentieth century and was one of France's most prominent public intellectuals from the 1970s to his death. In 2019, his work was published in the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade. He is one of the rare historians to benefit from such an honor, with Herodotus, Thucydides, Ibn Khaldoun, Froissart and Michelet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Duby is the 89th most popular historian (down from 84th in 2019), the 1,338th most popular biography from France (down from 1,208th in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Historian.

Georges Duby is most famous for his work on medieval European history. He is credited with popularizing the term "femme sole" in the late 20th century.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Georges Duby ranks 89 out of 561. Before him are Carlo Ginzburg, Julius Wellhausen, Timaeus, Donna Haraway, Erich Auerbach, and Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani. After him are Al-Maqrizi, Hermann Alexander Diels, George Kedrenos, Sozomen, Eunapius, and Arthur Moeller van den Bruck.

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Among people born in 1919, Georges Duby ranks 53. Before him are Jackie Robinson, Godfrey Hounsfield, Mohamed Boudiaf, René Barrientos, Elisabeth Volkenrath, and James Lovelock. After him are Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, Abdel Hakim Amer, Chavela Vargas, Ian Smith, Mieczysław Weinberg, and Valentino Mazzola. Among people deceased in 1996, Georges Duby ranks 57. Before him are P. L. Travers, Nicu Ceaușescu, František Plánička, Timothy Leary, Koichi Oita, and Piet Hein. After him are Victor Ambartsumian, Obdulio Varela, Pat Brown, Rafael Kubelík, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, and Mieczysław Weinberg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Duby ranks 1,338 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Bart (1650), René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451), François Fillon (1954), Jean de Joinville (1224), Georges Auric (1899), and Odo the Great (650). After him are James Tissot (1836), Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (1543), Michel Butor (1926), Thomas, Count of Savoy (1178), Élie Cartan (1869), and Lazare Hoche (1768).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Georges Duby ranks 12. Before him are Jacques Le Goff (1924), Lucien Febvre (1878), François Guizot (1787), Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), and Gaston Maspero (1846). After him are Emmanuel Todd (1951), Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), René Grousset (1885), Pierre Nora (1931), Guibert of Nogent (1055), and Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610).

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