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Christopher Hill

1912 - 2003

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John Edward Christopher Hill (6 February 1912 – 23 February 2003) was an English Marxist historian and academic, specialising in 17th-century English history. From 1965 to 1978 he was Master of Balliol College, Oxford. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Hill is the 317th most popular historian (down from 263rd in 2019), the 2,926th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,328th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Christopher Hill ranks 317 out of 561Before him are Vakhushti of Kartli, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, Marsyas of Pella, Jacob Theodor Klein, ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni, and Pierre Vidal-Naquet. After him are Malchus, Ludwig von Pastor, Walter Burkert, Ziya Bunyadov, Max Jakob Friedländer, and Ibn 'Idhari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Christopher Hill ranks 202Before him are Ioannis Alevras, Vlastimil Kopecký, Eve Arnold, Heikki A. Alikoski, Nihat Erim, and Akram al-Hawrani. After him are Walter Sisulu, Agnes Martin, Roberto Emílio da Cunha, Alfred Deller, Campanal I, and Erich Leinsdorf. Among people deceased in 2003, Christopher Hill ranks 179Before him are Flóra Kádár, Benny Carter, Jeanne Crain, Eugenio Monti, Jean Lucas, and Gregory Hines. After him are Walter Sisulu, Art Carney, Wolfgang Larrazábal, Strom Thurmond, Berta Ambrož, and Aleksandar Tišma.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Christopher Hill ranks 2,927 out of 8,785Before him are Gary Stevens (1963), Charles Walter De Vis (1829), Fergus Suter (1857), Ian Dury (1942), Patrick Manson (1844), and Mark Addy (1964). After him are Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (1261), Rachel Roberts (1927), C. Aubrey Smith (1863), Bridget Riley (1931), Barry Jackson (1938), and Henry of Scotland (1115).

Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Christopher Hill ranks 32Before him are Timothy Garton Ash (1955), George Buchanan (1506), Quentin Skinner (1940), Agnes Arber (1879), Gerald of Wales (1146), and Paul Kennedy (1945). After him are A. J. P. Taylor (1906), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), Edward Granville Browne (1862), Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914), John Keegan (1934), and George Finlay (1799).