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C. Northcote Parkinson

1909 - 1993

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Cyril Northcote Parkinson (30 July 1909 – 9 March 1993) was a British naval historian and author of some 60 books, the most famous of which was his best-seller Parkinson's Law (1957), in which Parkinson advanced the eponymous law stating that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion", an insight which led him to be regarded as an important scholar in public administration and management. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of C. Northcote Parkinson has received more than 258,934 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. C. Northcote Parkinson is the 115th most popular historian (down from 112th in 2019), the 1,325th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,338th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Historian.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, C. Northcote Parkinson ranks 115 out of 339. Before him are Vasily Bartold, Leo the Deacon, Henry Thomas Buckle, Doukas, Michael Rostovtzeff, and Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi. After him are Peter Burke, Richard Sennett, Golo Mann, François Furet, Árni Magnússon, and Anthony Blunt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, C. Northcote Parkinson ranks 73. Before him are Robert Ryan, Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Willi Boskovsky, Franz Bardon, Grażyna Bacewicz, and Robert Brasillach. After him are Tokizo Ichihashi, Werner Naumann, Mikhail Mil, Golo Mann, Franz Six, and Malcolm Lowry. Among people deceased in 1993, C. Northcote Parkinson ranks 65. Before him are Rahmon Nabiyev, György Sárosi, Kenneth E. Boulding, Dražen Petrović, Tofiq Bahramov, and Hervé Villechaize. After him are Luciano Leggio, Myrna Loy, Yen Chia-kan, Silvina Ocampo, Nina Berberova, and Tatiana Nikolayeva.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, C. Northcote Parkinson ranks 1,325 out of 7,765. Before him are Ceawlin of Wessex (600), Jeremy Clarkson (1960), Gideon Mantell (1790), Smithson Tennant (1761), Glenn Tipton (1947), and John Charles (1931). After him are Mary Quant (1930), Julian Glover (1935), Seamus Heaney (1939), Walafrid Strabo (808), Peter Burke (1937), and Fletcher Christian (1764).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, C. Northcote Parkinson ranks 6. Before him are Arnold J. Toynbee (1889), Bede (672), Edward Gibbon (1737), Bernard Lewis (1916), and Henry Thomas Buckle (1821). After him are Peter Burke (1937), Anthony Blunt (1907), Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), Norman Davies (1939), E. P. Thompson (1924), and Ian Kershaw (1943).

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