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Richard Pipes

1923 - 2018

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Richard Edgar Pipes (Polish: Ryszard Pipes; July 11, 1923 – May 17, 2018) was an American historian who specialized in Russian and Soviet history. Pipes was a frequent interviewee in the press on the matters of Soviet history and foreign affairs. His writings also appear in Commentary, The New York Times, and The Times Literary Supplement. At Harvard University, Pipes taught large courses on Imperial Russia as well as the Russian Revolution and guided over 80 graduate students to their PhDs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Pipes is the 148th most popular historian (down from 116th in 2019), the 439th most popular biography from Poland (down from 349th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Richard Pipes ranks 148 out of 561. Before him are Michael Attaleiates, Henry Thomas Buckle, Helmold, Matthew of Edessa, Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, and Evagrius Scholasticus. After him are Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Shlomo Sand, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Adémar de Chabannes, Doukas, and François Furet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Richard Pipes ranks 123. Before him are Dexter Gordon, Charles Durning, Wally Schirra, Pahiño, Uziel Gal, and Irvin Kershner. After him are Philly Joe Jones, James E. Gunn, Maria Gripe, Tito Puente, Judith Kerr, and Faas Wilkes. Among people deceased in 2018, Richard Pipes ranks 121. Before him are Joseph Kobzon, Oliver Dragojević, Luis García Meza, Nicanor Parra, Lawrence Roberts, and Josep Lluís Núñez. After him are Eduard Uspensky, Tom Wolfe, Maria Bueno, Adem Demaçi, Azeglio Vicini, and Vitaliy Masol.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Richard Pipes ranks 439 out of 1,694. Before him are Johann Reinhold Forster (1729), Jan Gotlib Bloch (1836), Helene Deutsch (1884), Józef Beck (1894), Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg (1693), and Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1734). After him are Kuno Fischer (1824), Zbigniew of Poland (1070), Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874), Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg (1513), Christoph Eschenbach (1940), and Leszek the White (1186).

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Among HISTORIANS In Poland

Among historians born in Poland, Richard Pipes ranks 3. Before him are Johann Gustav Droysen (1808), and Benzion Netanyahu (1910). After him are Gottfried Achenwall (1719), Otto von Gierke (1841), Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821), Ernst Kantorowicz (1895), Heinrich Graetz (1817), Zeev Sternhell (1935), Karl Otfried Müller (1797), Walter Laqueur (1921), and Israel Gutman (1923).

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