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Nicholas Adontz

1871 - 1942

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Nicholas Adontz (Armenian: Նիկողայոս Ադոնց, romanized: Nikoghayos Adonts; Russian: Николай Адонц; January 10, 1871 – January 27, 1942) was an Armenian historian, specialising in Byzantine and Armenian studies, and a philologist. Adontz was the author of Armenia in the Period of Justinian, a highly influential work and landmark study on the social and political structures of early Medieval Armenia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicholas Adontz is the 352nd most popular historian (down from 333rd in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Armenia (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Armenian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Nicholas Adontz ranks 352 out of 561. Before him are Philip K. Hitti, Richard N. Frye, Ernest Fenollosa, Serhii Plokhy, Arno Peters, and Jérôme Carcopino. After him are Kurt Aland, Milan Šufflay, Fernão Lopes, Hafiz-i Abru, Dino Compagni, and J. B. Bury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Nicholas Adontz ranks 116. Before him are Fyodor Dan, Igor Grabar, Zacharia Paliashvili, Afonso Costa, Olga Preobrajenska, and Walter Breisky. After him are Florence R. Sabin, Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, Vatslav Vorovsky, Henryk Arctowski, Ernst Stromer, and Vasyl Stefanyk. Among people deceased in 1942, Nicholas Adontz ranks 169. Before him are Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Oskari Mantere, George Andrew Reisner, Alberto Franchetti, Dorothea Klumpke, and Zsigmond Móricz. After him are Carl Sternheim, Valentin Loos, Zofia Zamenhof, José Díaz, Alexandre Volkoff, and Sergey Chaplygin.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Nicholas Adontz ranks 54 out of 163. Before him are Ariarathes II of Cappadocia (-350), Shavarsh Karapetyan (1953), Tatevik Sazandaryan (1916), Ghazar Parpetsi (442), Sergey Merkurov (1881), and Shavo Odadjian (1974). After him are Shushanik Kurghinian (1876), Hovhannes Shiraz (1914), Davit Bek (1669), Regina Ghazaryan (1915), Minas Avetisyan (1928), and Vladimir Yengibaryan (1932).

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Among HISTORIANS In Armenia

Among historians born in Armenia, Nicholas Adontz ranks 3. Before him are Vardan Areveltsi (1198), and Ghazar Parpetsi (442). After him are Gregory Areshian (1949).

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