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Arnold J. Toynbee

1889 - 1975

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Arnold Joseph Toynbee (; 14 April 1889 – 22 October 1975) was an English historian, a philosopher of history, an author of numerous books and a research professor of international history at the London School of Economics and King's College London. From 1918 to 1950, Toynbee was considered a leading specialist on international affairs; from 1929 to 1956 he was the Director of Studies at Chatham House, in which position he also produced 34 volumes of the Survey of International Affairs, a "bible" for international specialists in Britain. He is best known for his 12-volume A Study of History (1934–1961). With his prodigious output of papers, articles, speeches and presentations, and numerous books translated into many languages, Toynbee was widely read and discussed in the 1940s and 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arnold J. Toynbee is the 26th most popular historian (down from 20th in 2019), the 335th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 194th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Historian.

Arnold J. Toynbee is most famous for his 12-volume work, A Study of History, which is a detailed analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Arnold J. Toynbee ranks 26 out of 561. Before him are Manetho, William of Tyre, Leopold von Ranke, Arrian, Fernand Braudel, and Joannes Zonaras. After him are Bede, Johan Huizinga, Ibn Kathir, Edward Gibbon, Jacob Burckhardt, and Saxo Grammaticus.

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Among people born in 1889, Arnold J. Toynbee ranks 15. Before him are Edwin Hubble, Philip Noel-Baker, Paul Karrer, Ante Pavelić, Anna Akhmatova, and Vaslav Nijinsky. After him are Igor Sikorsky, Thomas Midgley Jr., Manuel II of Portugal, Claude Rains, Gabriela Mistral, and Idris of Libya. Among people deceased in 1975, Arnold J. Toynbee ranks 17. Before him are Robert Robinson, Otto Skorzeny, Josephine Baker, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Edward Tatum, and Mikhail Bakhtin. After him are George Paget Thomson, Saint-John Perse, Josemaría Escrivá, Graham Hill, Paul Keres, and Jimmy Hoffa.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Arnold J. Toynbee ranks 335 out of 8,785. Before him are Edmund Ironside (993), James Connolly (1868), Jeremy Irons (1948), Claude Auchinleck (1884), John Herschel (1792), and Roald Dahl (1916). After him are Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), Benjamin Disraeli (1804), John Keats (1795), Bede (672), John Davis (1550), and Jane Hawking (1944).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Arnold J. Toynbee ranks 2. Before him are Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800). After him are Bede (672), Edward Gibbon (1737), Bernard Lewis (1916), Kenneth Clark (1903), Frances Yates (1899), Arnold Toynbee (1852), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), Peter Burke (1937), Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), and Norman Davies (1939).

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