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Eric A. Havelock

1903 - 1988

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Eric Alfred Havelock (; 3 June 1903 – 4 April 1988) was a British classicist who spent most of his life in Canada and the United States. He was a professor at the University of Toronto and was active in the Canadian socialist movement during the 1930s. In the 1960s and 1970s, he served as chair of the classics departments at both Harvard and Yale. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric A. Havelock has received more than 128,549 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Eric A. Havelock is the 1,168th most popular philosopher (down from 1,086th in 2019), the 3,845th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,730th in 2019) and the 79th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Eric A. Havelock ranks 1,168 out of 1,267. Before him are John Peckham, Anthony Collins, Philip Pettit, Bernard Bosanquet, Jaegwon Kim, and Lucien Sève. After him are Dariush Shayegan, Pritilata Waddedar, Helene von Druskowitz, Yuval Steinitz, Eino Kaila, and Max Black.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Eric A. Havelock ranks 270. Before him are Lajos Steiner, Vicente Piera, María Teresa León, Adolf Kainz, Marjorie Cox Crawford, and Wilfrid Hyde-White. After him are Ali Sastroamidjojo, Gérard Delbeke, Guillermo Saavedra, Juan Jover, Hans Christian Branner, and Vernon Duke. Among people deceased in 1988, Eric A. Havelock ranks 194. Before him are Ferit Melen, Guillermo Haro, Pavel Kadochnikov, Mike Beuttler, Nando González, and Anna Sipos. After him are Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, Christian Matras, Louis L'Amour, Jackie Milburn, Max Black, and Alf Kjellin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric A. Havelock ranks 3,845 out of 8,785. Before him are Frederick Keeping (1867), Eric Gill (1882), Ivor Bueb (1923), Lance Macklin (1919), Beth Gibbons (1965), and Elizabeth Goudge (1900). After him are Mortimer Wheeler (1890), Frederick Sandys (1829), George Graham (1944), Jim Kerr (1959), George Hadley (1685), and Georges Passerieu (1885).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Eric A. Havelock ranks 79. Before him are Hector Boece (1465), Ralph Cudworth (1617), Mark Fisher (1968), John Peckham (1227), Anthony Collins (1676), and Bernard Bosanquet (1848). After him are Michael Ruse (1940), Richard Price (1723), John Major (1467), Ernest Belfort Bax (1854), Susan Haack (1945), and Dugald Stewart (1753).

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