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Richard Hofstadter

1916 - 1970

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Richard Hofstadter (August 6, 1916 – October 24, 1970) was an American historian and public intellectual of the mid-20th century. Hofstadter was the DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Hofstadter is the 524th most popular historian (up from 538th in 2019), the 10,935th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,203rd in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Richard Hofstadter ranks 524 out of 561. Before him are Andreas Maislinger, Alessandro Barbero, Horace Engdahl, Djibril Tamsir Niane, Simon Schama, and Carroll Quigley. After him are Jan Morris, Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa, Francis Parkman, Romila Thapar, Charles Oman, and Richard Bauckham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Richard Hofstadter ranks 287. Before him are Ruy de Freitas, Paul Felix Schmidt, Gene Mako, Giuseppe Tosi, Kanan Devi, and Peter Geach. After him are Roderick Chisholm, Martha Raye, George Montgomery, Ruth Warrick, Virginia Gregg, and Manuel Chorens. Among people deceased in 1970, Richard Hofstadter ranks 251. Before him are Jaipal Singh Munda, John T. Scopes, Teofilo Spasojević, Laura Knight, Keen Johnson, and Don Finlay. After him are Maurice Stokes, Chester Morris, Charles Olson, Richard Cushing, Earl Hooker, and Marjorie Rambeau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Hofstadter ranks 10,937 out of 20,380. Before him are Alice Terry (1900), Amy Hill (1953), Ray Lumpp (1923), Daniel J. Travanti (1940), Rachel Fuller Brown (1898), and David Karp (1986). After him are CoCo Vandeweghe (1991), Jack Weston (1924), Lou Williams (1986), Bridget Regan (1982), Johnny Unitas (1933), and Peter Shor (1959).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Richard Hofstadter ranks 47. Before him are Carroll Quigley (1910), Drew Gilpin Faust (1947), David Bordwell (1947), Richard G. Hovannisian (1932), Richard Taruskin (1945), James H. Billington (1929), Elaine Pagels (1943), and Mary Ritter Beard (1876). After him are Francis Parkman (1823), Anthony Grafton (1950), Ellen Meiksins Wood (1942), and Bernard Bailyn (1922).

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