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William H. McNeill

1917 - 2016

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William Hardy McNeill (October 31, 1917 – July 8, 2016) was an American historian and author, noted for his argument that contact and exchange among civilizations is what drives human history forward, first postulated in The Rise of the West (1963). He was the Robert A. Millikan Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Chicago, where he taught from 1947 until his retirement in 1987. In 1980-81 he held the George Eastman Professorship at the University of Oxford. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William H. McNeill is the 139th most popular historian (up from 303rd in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Canada (up from 231st in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, William H. McNeill ranks 139 out of 561. Before him are Philostorgius, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Barbara W. Tuchman, Timothy D. Snyder, Ibn Hibban, and Heinrich von Treitschke. After him are Vladimir Minorsky, Hieronymus Wolf, Michael Attaleiates, Henry Thomas Buckle, Helmold, and Matthew of Edessa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, William H. McNeill ranks 101. Before him are Luis Carniglia, Irving Penn, Jânio Quadros, Alexander Schmorell, Will Eisner, and Stéphane Hessel. After him are Jean Rouch, Raymond Burr, László Szabó, Zhang Chunqiao, Buddy Rich, and Otto Kittel. Among people deceased in 2016, William H. McNeill ranks 123. Before him are Yves Bonnefoy, Peter Naur, Glenn Frey, Michel Rocard, Madeleine Lebeau, and Jorge Batlle. After him are Neville Marriner, Peter Shaffer, Meir Dagan, Héctor Babenco, Ernst Nolte, and António Mascarenhas Monteiro.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, William H. McNeill ranks 123 out of 1,622. Before him are Norman Jewison (1926), Jean Chrétien (1934), Thomas Christopher Collins (1947), Donna Strickland (1959), Eric McCormack (1963), and Joe Weider (1919). After him are Margot Kidder (1948), Raymond Burr (1917), Martin Short (1950), Joshua Jackson (1978), Linda Evangelista (1965), and Avril Lavigne (1984).

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Among historians born in Canada, William H. McNeill ranks 1. 

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