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Will Durant

1885 - 1981

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William James Durant (; November 5, 1885 – November 7, 1981) was an American historian and philosopher, best known for his eleven-volume work, The Story of Civilization, which contains and details the history of Eastern and Western civilizations. It was written in collaboration with his wife, Ariel Durant, and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy (1926), described as "a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy". Durant conceived of philosophy as total perspective or seeing things sub specie totius (i.e., "from the perspective of the whole")—a phrase inspired by Spinoza's sub specie aeternitatis, roughly meaning "from the perspective of the eternal". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Will Durant is the 1,128th most popular writer (down from 981st in 2019), the 1,605th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,133rd in 2019) and the 128th most popular American Writer.

Durant is most famous for being the first player to score 40 points in a game since Michael Jordan.

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Among writers, Will Durant ranks 1,128 out of 7,302. Before him are Tannhäuser, Diana Wynne Jones, Chinua Achebe, Jorge Semprún, Ahmad Khani, and Ibn al-Jawzi. After him are Leonid Andreyev, Sugawara no Michizane, Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, Walter Lippmann, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, and Martin Andersen Nexø.

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Among people born in 1885, Will Durant ranks 49. Before him are Luigi Russolo, Otto Klemperer, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Jules Pascin, G. W. Pabst, and Romano Guardini. After him are Velimir Khlebnikov, Christian Wirth, Franz Böhme, Sacha Guitry, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, and Seishirō Itagaki. Among people deceased in 1981, Will Durant ranks 39. Before him are Zarah Leander, Omar Torrijos, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Abel Gance, Stefan Wyszyński, and Mehmet Shehu. After him are David Wechsler, Benjamin Sheares, Leo Kanner, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Lobsang Rampa, and Karl Richter.

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Among people born in United States, Will Durant ranks 1,605 out of 20,380. Before him are Woody Harrelson (1961), Grace Zabriskie (1941), Blake Edwards (1922), Gordon Moore (1929), Paul P. Harris (1868), and Steve Reeves (1926). After him are Joe Satriani (1956), Walter Lippmann (1889), Janet Mills (1947), Buck Henry (1930), Guy Williams (1924), and Martha Nussbaum (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Will Durant ranks 128. Before him are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807), Harriet Jacobs (1813), Tess Gerritsen (1953), Roger Zelazny (1937), Jeff Lindsay (1952), and John Cheever (1912). After him are Walter Lippmann (1889), John Dickson Carr (1906), Jean Webster (1876), Irving Stone (1903), Danielle Steel (1947), and Anne Rice (1941).

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