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Peter Heather

1960 - Today

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Peter John Heather (born 8 June 1960) is a British historian of late antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Heather holds the statutory Chair of Medieval History in the Department of History at King's College London. He specialises in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the Goths, on which he for decades has been considered the world's leading authority. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Peter Heather is the 546th most popular historian (up from 553rd in 2024), the 6,336th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,733rd in 2019) and the 75th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Peter Heather ranks 546 out of 561. Before him are Frank Dikötter, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Elaine Pagels, Gerhard Weinberg, Christopher Clark, and Gábor Kósa. After him are Oliver Grau, Andreas Umland, Irfan Habib, Wendy Beckett, Janusz Kurtyka, and Stephen Turnbull.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Peter Heather ranks 739. Before him are Mariana Constantin, Zablon Simintov, Francesca Archibugi, Rodica Frîntu, Matthias Gey, and Philippe Omnès. After him are Marta Urbanová, Petar Lesov, Bajram Kosumi, Hiromi Taniguchi, Silk Smitha, and Svetlana Kitova.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Heather ranks 6,338 out of 8,785. Before him are Hazel Court (1926), Sophie Wilson (1957), Angela Buxton (1934), Stanley Spencer (1891), Matilda Ziegler (1964), and Jamie Cullum (1979). After him are Jim Crawford (1948), Dunc Munro (1901), John Cannon (1933), Michael McIntyre (1976), Peter Lord (1953), and Clemence Dane (1888).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Peter Heather ranks 75. Before him are Jan Morris (1926), Richard Bauckham (1946), Warren Treadgold (1949), Edward Augustus Freeman (1823), Iain Pears (1955), and Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938). After him are Stephen Turnbull (1948), Adam Tooze (1967), Michael Wood (1948), Adrian Goldsworthy (1969), Bettany Hughes (1968), and Peter Frankopan (1971).

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