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Charles Oman

1860 - 1946

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Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, (12 January 1860 – 23 June 1946) was a British military historian. His reconstructions of medieval battles from the fragmentary and distorted accounts left by chroniclers were pioneering. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Oman is the 529th most popular historian (up from 537th in 2019). (up from 4,701st in 2019)

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Among historians, Charles Oman ranks 529 out of 561. Before him are Carroll Quigley, Richard Hofstadter, Jan Morris, Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa, Francis Parkman, and Romila Thapar. After him are Richard Bauckham, Warren Treadgold, Vasily Struve, Andrei Lankov, Edward Augustus Freeman, and Anthony Grafton.

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Among people born in 1860, Charles Oman ranks 140. Before him are Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, Frederick Rolfe, Daniel Barringer, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Kate Bruce, and Susanna M. Salter. After him are Gregorio Aglipay, Leonard Wood, Laura Muntz Lyall, Juliette Gordon Low, Lillian Russell, and John W. Weeks. Among people deceased in 1946, Charles Oman ranks 222. Before him are Mamie Smith, Kate Bruce, James Cecil Parke, Harlan F. Stone, Jeanie MacPherson, and Slim Summerville. After him are Damon Runyon, Herbert Baker, Lionel Atwill, Helen Bannerman, John Langalibalele Dube, and Miles Mander.

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