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C. Northcote Parkinson

1909 - 1993

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Cyril Northcote Parkinson (30 July 1909 – 9 March 1993) was a British naval historian and author of some 60 books, the most famous of which was his best-seller Parkinson's Law (1957), in which Parkinson advanced the eponymous law stating that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion", an insight which led him to be regarded as an important scholar in public administration and management. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. C. Northcote Parkinson is the 166th most popular historian (down from 125th in 2019), the 1,886th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,315th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, C. Northcote Parkinson ranks 166 out of 561. Before him are Marin Barleti, Augustin Thierry, Jan Assmann, Ivane Javakhishvili, E. P. Thompson, and Antiochus of Syracuse. After him are Steven Runciman, Ian Kershaw, Otto von Gierke, Mirkhvand, Antony Beevor, and Charles Diehl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, C. Northcote Parkinson ranks 105. Before him are Jim Davis, Mikhail Mil, Hideo Sakai, André Abegglen, Karl Schäfer, and Roberto Burle Marx. After him are Dorothy Round, Sigmund Rascher, Héctor José Cámpora, Seichō Matsumoto, Wolfgang Reitherman, and Pavle Đurišić. Among people deceased in 1993, C. Northcote Parkinson ranks 84. Before him are Leon Ames, Dinmukhamed Kunaev, John Connally, Luciano Leggio, Marian Anderson, and E. P. Thompson. After him are Bruno Rossi, Christian Metz, Nina Berberova, József Antall, Tatiana Nikolayeva, and Matthew Ridgway.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, C. Northcote Parkinson ranks 1,886 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Fraser (1884), Bernard Lee (1908), Lulach (1030), K. K. Downing (1951), Terry Eagleton (1943), and Ernest Jones (1879). After him are Thomas Heath (1861), Alexander Cunningham (1814), Andrew V. McLaglen (1920), Princess Beatrice of York (1988), Evelyn De Morgan (1855), and Hugh Fraser (1945).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, C. Northcote Parkinson ranks 14. Before him are Arnold Toynbee (1852), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), Peter Burke (1937), Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), Norman Davies (1939), and E. P. Thompson (1924). After him are Steven Runciman (1903), Ian Kershaw (1943), Antony Beevor (1946), William of Malmesbury (1080), Robert Conquest (1917), and Anthony Blunt (1907).

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