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H. J. R. Murray

1868 - 1955

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Harold James Ruthven Murray (24 June 1868 – 16 May 1955) was a British educationalist, inspector of schools, and prominent chess historian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of H. J. R. Murray has received more than 80,459 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. H. J. R. Murray is the 491st most popular historian, the 4,374th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 58th most popular British Historian.

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  • 80k

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  • 45.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, H. J. R. Murray ranks 491 out of 561. Before him are Aleks Buda, Henry James Sumner Maine, Irina Antonova, Orlando Figes, Christopher Lasch, and American Horse. After him are George Grote, Christopher Clark, Stephen F. Cohen, Walter Jens, Jacques Barzun, and Cyril Mango.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, H. J. R. Murray ranks 184. Before him are Karl Röderer, Harvey S. Firestone, Annie S. D. Maunder, Lida Heymann, Otokar Březina, and Johannes van Dijk. After him are Harry Blackstaffe, Gilbert Walker, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, Spottiswoode Aitken, Jaroslav Kvapil, and Horace Elgin Dodge. Among people deceased in 1955, H. J. R. Murray ranks 148. Before him are Giuseppe Domenichelli, Matthew Henson, Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva, Dimitrios Maximos, William C. deMille, and Aleksei Dikiy. After him are André Rischmann, Herman Steiner, Richard Verderber, Georges Johin, Major Ritchie, and Arthur Shaw.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, H. J. R. Murray ranks 4,374 out of 8,785. Before him are Ian McLagan (1945), Gemma Chan (1982), Tricky (1968), Bruce Payne (1957), Jeanette Winterson (1959), and Francis Willughby (1635). After him are Daisy Ridley (1992), Emma Kirkby (1949), Neil Bartlett (1932), David Brabham (1965), Julian Barbour (1937), and William Fothergill Cooke (1806).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, H. J. R. Murray ranks 58. Before him are N. G. L. Hammond (1907), William of Newburgh (1130), Richard Overy (1947), Kenneth Clark (1903), Henry James Sumner Maine (1822), and Orlando Figes (1959). After him are George Grote (1794), Simon Schama (1945), Robert Service (1947), A. H. M. Jones (1904), Mary Beard (1955), and Lawrence Stone (1919).

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