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Frederic G. Kenyon

1863 - 1952

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Sir Frederic George Kenyon (15 January 1863 – 23 August 1952) was an English palaeographer and biblical and classical scholar. He held a series of posts at the British Museum from 1889 to 1931. He was also the president of the British Academy from 1917 to 1921. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederic G. Kenyon has received more than 62,357 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Frederic G. Kenyon is the 426th most popular historian, the 3,613th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 40th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Frederic G. Kenyon ranks 426 out of 561. Before him are Avi Shlaim, Eadmer, Ilya Berezin, ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni, Alain Daniélou, and G. M. Trevelyan. After him are J. B. Bury, Andreas Maislinger, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Léon Gautier, William Mitchell Ramsay, and Frances Yates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Frederic G. Kenyon ranks 143. Before him are Samuel P. Bush, Sylvain Lévi, Ekvtime Takaishvili, Blanche Bingley, W. W. Jacobs, and Hugo Winckler. After him are Sergey Oldenburg, Mary Whiton Calkins, William Henry Young, Eduard David, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, and Marguerite Audoux. Among people deceased in 1952, Frederic G. Kenyon ranks 137. Before him are Juan Bautista Pérez, Roger Vitrac, Hans von Rosen, James L. Peters, Stafford Cripps, and Richard Johansson. After him are Louis Wirth, Ronald Rawson, Curly Howard, Gregory La Cava, Katherine Sophie Dreier, and Sándor Pósta.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederic G. Kenyon ranks 3,613 out of 8,785. Before him are Aldhelm (639), Robert Hugh Benson (1871), Robert Douglas (1909), Louis Fraser (1810), G. M. Trevelyan (1876), and Mary Moser (1744). After him are Una O'Connor (1880), Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762), Emma Thomas (1971), Bill Paterson (1945), Dave Charlton (1936), and Kirsty MacColl (1959).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Frederic G. Kenyon ranks 40. Before him are Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914), Agnes Arber (1879), Stanley Morison (1889), Thomas Fuller (1608), Thomas Walker Arnold (1864), and G. M. Trevelyan (1876). After him are William Mitchell Ramsay (1851), Frances Yates (1899), George Finlay (1799), Martin Gilbert (1936), Niall Ferguson (1964), and David Marshall Lang (1924).

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