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Gerda Lerner

1920 - 2013

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Gerda Hedwig Lerner (née Kronstein; April 30, 1920 – January 2, 2013) was an Austrian-born American historian and woman's history author. In addition to her numerous scholarly publications, she wrote poetry, fiction, theatre pieces, screenplays, and an autobiography. She served as president of the Organization of American Historians from 1980 to 1981. In 1980, she was appointed Robinson Edwards Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she taught until retiring in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerda Lerner is the 305th most popular historian (up from 309th in 2019), the 681st most popular biography from Austria (up from 714th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Austrian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Gerda Lerner ranks 305 out of 561. Before her are Ubbo Emmius, Marc Ferro, Tom Segev, Gustave Lanson, Efraim Zuroff, and Paul Kennedy. After her are Filippo Baldinucci, Charles Barbier de Meynard, Émile Mâle, Yehuda Bauer, Walter Laqueur, and Vakhushti of Kartli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Gerda Lerner ranks 222. Before her are Augusto da Costa, Camillo Felgen, Willie Watson, Pierre Poujade, Rudolf Kárpáti, and Anna Langfus. After her are Tommy Godwin, Natalya Kovshova, John Lewis, John Chadwick, Patrick Troughton, and William Conrad. Among people deceased in 2013, Gerda Lerner ranks 211. Before her are Iain Banks, Gérard de Villiers, Kevin Ayers, Jeff Hanneman, Olga Gyarmati, and Tommy Morrison. After her are Miguel Poblet, Arik Einstein, Hans Hass, Wadih El Safi, Franca Rame, and Nílton de Sordi.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Gerda Lerner ranks 681 out of 1,424. Before her are William Berger (1928), Saint Sturm (704), Willy Böckl (1893), Karl Schranz (1938), Lajos Bíró (1880), and Anton von Schmerling (1805). After her are Christian von Ehrenfels (1859), Leopold Hofmann (1738), Hans Hass (1919), Otto E. Neugebauer (1899), Peter Alexander (1926), and Maurice Loewy (1833).

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Among HISTORIANS In Austria

Among historians born in Austria, Gerda Lerner ranks 5. Before her are Ernst Gombrich (1909), Alois Riegl (1858), Shlomo Sand (1946), and Egon Friedell (1878). After her are İlber Ortaylı (1947), Riane Eisler (1931), Herwig Wolfram (1934), and Andreas Maislinger (1955).

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