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Philip K. Hitti

1886 - 1978

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Philip Khuri Hitti (Arabic: فيليب خوري حتي; 22 June 1886 – 24 December 1978) was a Lebanese-American professor and scholar at Princeton and Harvard University, and authority on Arab and Middle Eastern history, Islam, and Semitic languages. He almost single-handedly created the discipline of Arabic studies in the United States. His grandniece was the now deceased NASA astronaut and schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philip K. Hitti is the 346th most popular historian (up from 404th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 107th in 2019) and the most popular Lebanese Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Philip K. Hitti ranks 346 out of 561. Before him are Robert Darnton, Donald Keene, Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, Andrea Riccardi, Bobojon Ghafurov, and Ernest Lavisse. After him are Richard N. Frye, Ernest Fenollosa, Serhii Plokhy, Arno Peters, Jérôme Carcopino, and Nicholas Adontz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Philip K. Hitti ranks 194. Before him are Hella Wuolijoki, Kid Ory, Robert Andersson, Ludwig Bieberbach, Frank Irons, and Hidetsugu Yagi. After him are Ion Gigurtu, Heorhiy Narbut, Austin Osman Spare, Lupu Pick, Alfonso López Pumarejo, and Bogoljub Jevtić. Among people deceased in 1978, Philip K. Hitti ranks 148. Before him are Lon L. Fuller, Toivo Hyytiäinen, Joseph Colombo, John D. Rockefeller III, Robert Menzies, and Roman Karmen. After him are Mary Blair, Roy Harrod, Bob Crane, Leigh Brackett, Eric Frank Russell, and Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Philip K. Hitti ranks 97 out of 145. Before him are Charles Malik (1906), Elias Khoury (1948), Said Akl (1911), Fayza Ahmed (1934), Riad Al Solh (1894), and Elie Saab (1964). After him are Mika (1983), John Dolmayan (1973), Ardem Patapoutian (1967), Giuseppe Simone Assemani (1686), Rula Ghani (1948), and Nadine Labaki (1974).

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Among HISTORIANS In Lebanon

Among historians born in Lebanon, Philip K. Hitti ranks 1. 

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