A Founding Hero is a seminal academic contribution—such as a method, model, framework, theory, construct, dataset, task, or metric—that fundamentally establishes the foundation for research within a specific subfield of Heroic Narratives.
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2017–2026
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John Snow, hero of cholera: RIP
Tom Koch · Canadian Medical Association Journal · 2008 · 383 citations · Full text
The myth of the American superhero
Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 155 citations
Garibaldi: invention of a hero
Choice Reviews Online · 2008 · 146 citations
Humanities, History, Historiography +11
Angels and Heroes: The Unintended Consequence of the Hero Narrative
Jessica Stokes‐Parish, Rosalind Elliott, Kaye Rolls et al. · Journal of Nursing Scholarship · 2020 · 135 citations · Full text
American Jesus: how the Son of God became a national icon
Choice Reviews Online · 2004 · 115 citations
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Authors
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- EAEdwin A. Engel
2 publications · 72 citations
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- JCJohn Charles Chasteen
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
2 publications · 63 citations
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- JJJoseph J. Ellis
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, United States
2 publications · 54 citations
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- DWDixon Wecter
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, United States
2 publications · 69 citations
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Institutions
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St. John's College
Annapolis, United States
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2 publications
66 citations
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
2 h-index
8 publications
100 citations
Yale University
New Haven, United States
2 h-index
2 publications
38 citations
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
1 h-index
1 publications
18 citations
Boston Sports & Shoulder Center
Waltham, United States
1 h-index
1 publications
32 citations
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
1 h-index
7 publications
84 citations
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, United States
1 h-index
1 publications
32 citations
University of Ioannina
Ioannina, Greece
1 h-index
3 publications
96 citations
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- Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 8 publications · 597 citations
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- The American Historical Review
AHR · 7 publications · 154 citations
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- Books Abroad
2 publications · 62 citations
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- American Literature
2 publications · 87 citations
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- Hispanic American Historical Review
HAHR · 2 publications · 104 citations
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