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David Abulafia

1949 - Today

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David Samuel Harvard Abulafia (born 12 December 1949) is an English historian with a particular interest in Italy, Spain and the rest of the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. He spent most of his career at the University of Cambridge, rising to become a professor at the age of 50. He retired in 2017 as Professor Emeritus of Mediterranean History. He is a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Abulafia is the 475th most popular historian (up from 522nd in 2019), the 4,326th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,072nd in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, David Abulafia ranks 475 out of 561. Before him are Richard J. Evans, Sara Ashurbeyli, Miguel León-Portilla, Ji Xianlin, Benjamin Mazar, and Artur Hazelius. After him are Craterus, Niall Ferguson, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, Sheila Fitzpatrick, William Robertson, and Robert Jay Lifton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, David Abulafia ranks 518. Before him are Ian Charleson, Kayahan, Pavel Lungin, Ayşe Erzan, Ireen Sheer, and Jeannie Berlin. After him are Richard Hell, Dušan Galis, Iris Marion Young, Venkaiah Naidu, Pauline Marois, and James Wani Igga.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Abulafia ranks 4,327 out of 8,785. Before him are Donald Rayfield (1942), Estelle Winwood (1883), Robin Hill (1899), John Callen (1946), Mark Hughes (1963), and Margery Kempe (1373). After him are Richard Palmer-James (1947), Stephen Mangan (1968), Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132), Piers Sellers (1955), Richard Knill Freeman (1840), and Eric Brook (1907).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, David Abulafia ranks 51. Before him are Martin Gilbert (1936), Lawrence Stone (1919), David Marshall Lang (1924), Mary Beard (1955), Stanley Morison (1889), and Richard J. Evans (1947). After him are Niall Ferguson (1964), Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (1931), William Robertson (1721), William Dalrymple (1965), Thomas Fuller (1608), and Frederic G. Kenyon (1863).

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