Great man theory

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Arts and letters

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What Wikipedia says

The great man theory is an approach to the study of history popularised in the 19th century.

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Image: Hugo Bürkner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.