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N. G. L. Hammond

1907 - 2001

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Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, (15 November 1907 – 24 March 2001) was a British historian, geographer, classicist and an operative for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in occupied Greece during the Second World War. Hammond was seen as the leading expert on the history of ancient Macedonia. His trilogy, A History of Macedonia, has been described as "[t]he most celebrated (and partly irreplaceable) work" on the subject. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of N. G. L. Hammond has received more than 82,387 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. N. G. L. Hammond is the 481st most popular historian, the 4,214th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 52nd most popular British Historian.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, N. G. L. Hammond ranks 481 out of 561. Before him are Catharine Macaulay, Sara Ashurbeyli, Christopher Browning, Samuel Eliot Morison, Firishta, and Alfred W. Crosby. After him are William of Newburgh, Richard Overy, Kenneth Clark, Aleks Buda, Henry James Sumner Maine, and Irina Antonova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, N. G. L. Hammond ranks 324. Before him are Henri De Deken, Robert Young, István Pelle, Iryna Vilde, Efraín Amézcua, and Barbara Kent. After him are Arturo Rodríguez, Oscarino Costa Silva, Les Clark, Robert John Braidwood, Ilias Tsirimokos, and Ernesto Albarracín. Among people deceased in 2001, N. G. L. Hammond ranks 256. Before him are Pavel Sadyrin, Leonid Osyka, Arthur Geoffrey Walker, Arne Sucksdorff, Sara Ashurbeyli, and Shidzue Katō. After him are A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, Sachiko Hidari, Margaretha Krook, Kurt Hoffmann, Richard Evans Schultes, and Mwanza Mukombo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, N. G. L. Hammond ranks 4,214 out of 8,785. Before him are John Richardson (1934), Clive Dunn (1920), Robbie Fowler (1975), Robert Herrick (1591), Anita Roddick (1942), and Kenneth Frampton (1930). After him are Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809), Antonia Fraser (1932), Richard Palmer-James (1947), Annie S. D. Maunder (1868), Jacqueline Wilson (1945), and Amira Casar (1971).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, N. G. L. Hammond ranks 52. Before him are David Marshall Lang (1924), Donald Nicol (1923), Richard J. Evans (1947), William Robertson (1721), Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), and Catharine Macaulay (1731). After him are William of Newburgh (1130), Richard Overy (1947), Kenneth Clark (1903), Henry James Sumner Maine (1822), Orlando Figes (1959), and H. J. R. Murray (1868).

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