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Joseph Klausner

1874 - 1958

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Joseph Gedaliah Klausner (Hebrew: יוסף גדליה קלוזנר; 20 August 1874 – 27 October 1958), was a Lithuanian-born Israeli historian and professor of Hebrew literature. He was the chief redactor of the Encyclopedia Hebraica. He was a candidate for president in the first Israeli presidential election in 1949, losing to Chaim Weizmann. Klausner was the great-uncle of Israeli author Amos Oz. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Klausner is the 182nd most popular historian (down from 177th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 63rd in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Joseph Klausner ranks 182 out of 561. Before him are George Cœdès, Karl Lamprecht, Max Weinreich, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Friedrich Meinecke, and Janko Prunk. After him are Ferdinand Gregorovius, Christopher Browning, Pulakeshin II, Ibn Abd al-Hakam, Linda Nochlin, and Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Joseph Klausner ranks 82. Before him are Avgustyn Voloshyn, Nicola Canali, Paul Wegener, Lewis Hine, Max Dvořák, and Johan Gunnar Andersson. After him are Huang Xing, Nikolai Korotkov, Oskar Nedbal, Viggo Jensen, Princess Anna of Montenegro, and Krste Misirkov. Among people deceased in 1958, Joseph Klausner ranks 65. Before him are Oscar Torp, Ernest Jones, Rudolf Rocker, Viktor Schauberger, José Miaja, and The Boswell Sisters. After him are Vítězslav Nezval, Ronald Colman, Edward Weston, Claire Lee Chennault, Florian Znaniecki, and Slobodan Jovanović.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Joseph Klausner ranks 66 out of 328. Before him are Elazar Shach (1898), Antanas Merkys (1887), Rolandas Paksas (1956), Branislaw Tarashkyevich (1892), Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556), and Janusz Radziwiłł (1612). After him are Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (1913), Kazimira Prunskienė (1943), Laurence Harvey (1928), Donatas Banionis (1924), Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł (1547), and Daumantas of Pskov (1240).

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Among HISTORIANS In Lithuania

Among historians born in Lithuania, Joseph Klausner ranks 1. After him are Yitzhak Arad (1926), Bernard Berenson (1865), and Donald Kagan (1932).

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