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Antony Beevor

1946 - Today

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Sir Antony James Beevor, (born 14 December 1946) is a British military historian. He has published several popular historical works, mainly on the Second World War, the Spanish Civil War, and most recently the Russian Revolution and Civil War. Educated at Abberley Hall School, Winchester College, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Beevor commanded a troop of tanks in the 11th Hussars in Germany before deciding in 1970 to leave the army and become a writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antony Beevor has received more than 953,242 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Antony Beevor is the 181st most popular historian (down from 160th in 2019), the 1,750th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,736th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Historian.

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  • 950k

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  • 61.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Antony Beevor ranks 181 out of 561. Before him are Anthony Blunt, Michael Glykas, Joseph Klausner, Pei Songzhi, Steven Runciman, and Martino Martini. After him are Simon Dubnow, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Khvandamir, Otto von Gierke, and Gustav Hugo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Antony Beevor ranks 219. Before him are Rita Marley, Patrick Head, Eugene Levy, Terence McKenna, Jean-Luc Marion, and Andrzej Seweryn. After him are Norio Yoshimizu, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Michael Radford, Miguel Reina, Grigory Margulis, and Silvio Rodríguez.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Antony Beevor ranks 1,750 out of 8,785. Before him are Philip Sidney (1554), Geri Halliwell (1972), Walter Bagehot (1826), Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), Orlando Gibbons (1583), and Kim Wilde (1960). After him are William Auld (1924), Pieter de Molijn (1595), Fergus Suter (1857), Thom Yorke (1968), Patrick Geddes (1854), and Henry Maudslay (1771).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Antony Beevor ranks 15. Before him are Ian Kershaw (1943), Norman Davies (1939), Arnold Toynbee (1852), E. P. Thompson (1924), Anthony Blunt (1907), and Steven Runciman (1903). After him are W. Montgomery Watt (1909), William of Malmesbury (1080), Robert Conquest (1917), Tony Judt (1948), John Foxe (1516), and Gerald of Wales (1146).

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