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Mary Beard

1955 - Today

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Dame Winifred Mary Beard, (born 1 January 1955) is an English classicist specialising in Ancient Rome. She is a trustee of the British Museum and formerly held a personal professorship of classics at the University of Cambridge. She is a fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Beard has received more than 47,962 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Mary Beard is the 430th most popular historian (down from 333rd in 2019), the 4,695th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,851st in 2019) and the 54th most popular British Historian.

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  • 48k

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  • 41.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Mary Beard ranks 430 out of 339. Before her are Vasily Struve, Lawrence Stone, Richard Overy, Robert Kagan, Richard Hofstadter, and Anvar Chingizoglu. After her are Iain Pears, Mark Mazower, Avi Shlaim, Elaine Pagels, Walter Rodney, and Griselda Pollock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Mary Beard ranks 393. Before her are Franco Tancredi, Koji Tanaka, Renate Künast, Geoffrey Hull, Alberta Watson, and Kevin Conroy. After her are Eric Bischoff, José Montilla, Iain Pears, Muricy Ramalho, John O. Brennan, and Petar Petrov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Beard ranks 4,695 out of 7,765. Before her are John Smith (1938), Jodie Comer (1993), Andrea Arnold (1961), Ann Lee (1967), James Frain (1968), and Phil Foden (2000). After her are Omid Djalili (1965), Heather Harper (1930), Kieran Trippier (1990), Nick Lowe (1949), Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868), and Mackenzie Crook (1971).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Mary Beard ranks 54. Before her are Robert Service (1947), Donald Nicol (1923), William of Newburgh (1130), Orlando Figes (1959), Lawrence Stone (1919), and Richard Overy (1947). After her are Iain Pears (1955), Mark Mazower (1958), Jan Morris (1926), David Rohl (1950), Richard Bauckham (1946), and Adrian Goldsworthy (1969).

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