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Edward Augustus Freeman

1823 - 1892

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Edward Augustus Freeman (2 August 1823 – 16 March 1892) was an English historian, architectural artist, and Liberal politician during the late-19th-century heyday of Prime Minister William Gladstone, as well as a one-time candidate for Parliament. He held the position of Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford, where he tutored Arthur Evans; later he and Evans were activists in the Balkan uprising of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1874–1878) against the Ottoman Empire. After the marriage of his daughter Margaret to Evans, he and Evans collaborated on the fourth volume of his History of Sicily. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Augustus Freeman has received more than 102,698 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Augustus Freeman is the 526th most popular historian, the 5,258th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 68th most popular British Historian.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Edward Augustus Freeman ranks 526 out of 561. Before him are Andrei Lankov, Richard G. Hovannisian, David Abulafia, Gregory Areshian, Hugh N. Kennedy, and Edward Duyker. After him are Jonathan Riley-Smith, Richard Taruskin, James H. Billington, Jan Morris, Griselda Pollock, and Elaine Pagels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Edward Augustus Freeman ranks 80. Before him are Henry Wirz, Manolache Costache Epureanu, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Mackenzie Bowell, Coventry Patmore, and George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll. After him are William Hart, Francis Parkman, George Henry Williams, and Thomas Francis Meagher. Among people deceased in 1892, Edward Augustus Freeman ranks 85. Before him are Sereno Watson, Johan Sverdrup, James Skivring Smith, Teréz Karacs, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Pieter Willem Korthals. After him are Harry Atkinson, and Newton Booth.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Augustus Freeman ranks 5,258 out of 8,785. Before him are Tony Nash (1936), Andy Taylor (1961), Keeley Hawes (1976), Ronald Drever (1931), Teddy Sinclair (1986), and Benjamin Mountfort (1825). After him are Thomas Hughes (1822), Ronald Firbank (1886), Dan Abnett (1965), William Empson (1906), Samantha Power (1970), and Colin Davis (1933).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Edward Augustus Freeman ranks 68. Before him are A. H. M. Jones (1904), Mary Beard (1955), Lawrence Stone (1919), Mark Mazower (1958), David Abulafia (1949), and Hugh N. Kennedy (1947). After him are Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938), Jan Morris (1926), Richard Bauckham (1946), Iain Pears (1955), Warren Treadgold (1949), and Stephen Turnbull (1948).

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