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Michael Rostovtzeff

1870 - 1952

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Mikhail Ivanovich Rostovtzeff, or Rostovtsev (Russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Росто́вцев; November 10 [O.S. October 29] 1870 – October 20, 1952), was a Russian historian whose career straddled the 19th and 20th centuries and who produced important works on ancient Roman and Greek history. He served as president of the American Historical Association in 1935. He was also a member of the Russian Academy of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Rostovtzeff is the 125th most popular historian (down from 121st in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 239th in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Michael Rostovtzeff ranks 125 out of 561. Before him are Shoqan Walikhanov, Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī, August Ludwig von Schlözer, Hayden White, Guibert of Nogent, and Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange. After him are Alois Riegl, Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Arnold Hauser, Paisius of Hilendar, Richard Sennett, and Golo Mann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Michael Rostovtzeff ranks 50. Before him are Alexander Berkman, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, Gustav Landauer, Marianne Weber, Lord Alfred Douglas, and Jaime, Duke of Madrid. After him are Charles Bennett, Princess Henriette of Belgium, Leopold Godowsky, Aleksandr Kuprin, Archduchess Louise of Austria, and Vítězslav Novák. Among people deceased in 1952, Michael Rostovtzeff ranks 48. Before him are Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Hans Kramers, Kurt Schumacher, Louise d'Orléans, Viktor Chernov, and Luigi Fagioli. After him are Johan Nygaardsvold, Emilie Louise Flöge, Alfred Einstein, John Langenus, Solomiya Krushelnytska, and Michael von Faulhaber.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Michael Rostovtzeff ranks 236 out of 1,365. Before him are Yaropolk I of Kiev (955), Michael of Chernigov (1185), Vladimir Korolenko (1853), Mikhail Eisenstein (1867), Denys Shmyhal (1975), and Nikolai Kapustin (1937). After him are Paul Muni (1895), Alexander Marinesko (1913), Lyudmila Rudenko (1904), Sigismund Korybut (1395), Lina Kostenko (1930), and Angelica Balabanoff (1878).

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Among HISTORIANS In Ukraine

Among historians born in Ukraine, Michael Rostovtzeff ranks 1. After him are Iryna Melnykova (1918), Volodymyr Ivanovych Barvinok (1879), and Lidiya Ponomarenko (1922).

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