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Sheila Fitzpatrick

1941 - Today

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Sheila Mary Fitzpatrick (born June 4, 1941) is an Australian historian, whose main subjects are history of the Soviet Union and history of modern Russia, especially the Stalin era and the Great Purges, of which she proposes a "history from below", and is part of the "revisionist school" of Communist historiography. She has also critically reviewed the concept of totalitarianism and highlighted the differences between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in debates about comparison of Nazism and Stalinism. Fitzpatrick is professor at the Australian Catholic University (Melbourne), honorary professor at the University of Sydney, and Distinguished Service Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago. Prior to this, she taught Soviet history at the University of Texas at Austin and was the Bernadotte Everly Schmitt Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sheila Fitzpatrick is the 479th most popular historian (down from 387th in 2019), the 273rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 173rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Sheila Fitzpatrick ranks 479 out of 561. Before her are Benjamin Mazar, Artur Hazelius, David Abulafia, Craterus, Niall Ferguson, and Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton. After her are William Robertson, Robert Jay Lifton, William Dalrymple, Walter Jens, Thomas Fuller, and Lothrop Stoddard.

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Among people born in 1941, Sheila Fitzpatrick ranks 508. Before her are Andrei Smirnov, Jackie DeShannon, Jean Vallée, Bas van Fraassen, John Bennett Perry, and Nils Arne Eggen. After her are Tamara Moskvina, Colin Higgins, Kornel Morawiecki, Viktor Anichkin, Kaarlo Kangasniemi, and Imants Kalniņš.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Sheila Fitzpatrick ranks 273 out of 1,143. Before her are Horace Rice (1872), Edgar Moon (1904), John Pilger (1939), Sam Kerr (1993), William McMahon (1908), and Brad Jones (1982). After her are Frank Sedgman (1927), Casey Stoner (1985), Wayne Gardner (1959), Phoebe Tonkin (1989), Pat Cash (1965), and Robert May, Baron May of Oxford (1936).

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Among HISTORIANS In Australia

Among historians born in Australia, Sheila Fitzpatrick ranks 2. Before her are Edward Duyker (1955). After her are Christopher Clark (1960).

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