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Charles Oman

1860 - 1946

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Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, (12 January 1860 – 23 June 1946) was a British military historian. His reconstructions of medieval battles from the fragmentary and distorted accounts left by chroniclers were pioneering. Occasionally his interpretations have been challenged, especially his widely copied thesis that British troops defeated their Napoleonic opponents by firepower alone. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Oman has received more than 123,827 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Charles Oman is the 445th most popular historian (down from 336th in 2019).

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  • 120k

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  • 39.07

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

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  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Charles Oman ranks 445 out of 339Before him are Jan Morris, Andreas Maislinger, Rainer Zitelmann, Oliver Grau, James H. Billington, and Richard G. Hovannisian. After him are Francis Parkman, David Rohl, Gregory Areshian, Irfan Habib, Richard Bauckham, and Gerhard Weinberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Charles Oman ranks 137Before him are Frank Morley, Leonard Wood, John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, Lillian Russell, Chandramukhi Basu, and Gregorio Aglipay. After him are Juliette Gordon Low and John W. Weeks. Among people deceased in 1946, Charles Oman ranks 206Before him are Miles Mander, Helen Bannerman, Florence Turner, Gifford Pinchot, James Cecil Parke, and Herbert Baker. After him are Noah Beery and Carter Glass.

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