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Frederick Browning

1896 - 1965

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Sir Frederick Arthur Montague Browning (20 December 1896 – 14 March 1965) was a senior officer of the British Army who has been called the "father of the British airborne forces". He was also an Olympic bobsleigh competitor, and the husband of author Daphne du Maurier. Educated at Eton College and then at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Browning was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Grenadier Guards in 1915. During the First World War, he fought on the Western Front, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for conspicuous gallantry during the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Browning is the 620th most popular military personnel (up from 1,720th in 2019), the 1,340th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,207th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Frederick Browning ranks 620 out of 2,058. Before him are Maarten Tromp, Müezzinzade Ali Pasha, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Charles Sweeney, Christian de Castries, and Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours. After him are Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Yoshijirō Umezu, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Adem Jashari, Kurt Franz, and Gyula Cseszneky.

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Among people born in 1896, Frederick Browning ranks 69. Before him are Elsa Triolet, Kazimierz Kuratowski, Norodom Suramarit, Kenji Miyazawa, Aleksei Antonov, and Karl August Wittfogel. After him are Henri de Lubac, Otto Hofmann, Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff, Ruth Gordon, Mark W. Clark, and Aspasia Manos. Among people deceased in 1965, Frederick Browning ranks 44. Before him are Henry A. Wallace, Hans Knappertsbusch, Adolf Schärf, Sālote Tupou III, Bernard Baruch, and Carl Oberg. After him are Aksel Sandemose, Mehdi Ben Barka, Lauri Törni, Chen Cheng, Carl Værnet, and Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Browning ranks 1,340 out of 8,785. Before him are John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462), John Nettles (1943), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), Boy George (1961), J. B. S. Haldane (1892), and George Atwood (1745). After him are Tony Atkinson (1944), Joseph Addison (1672), Alistair MacLean (1922), Charles Vane (1680), James Faulkner (1948), and Margaret Burbidge (1919).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Frederick Browning ranks 30. Before him are Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), John Franklin (1786), William Bligh (1754), James Paul Moody (1887), George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718), and Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883). After him are Arnold Jackson (1891), Harold Lowe (1882), John Hanning Speke (1827), John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), and Joseph Boxhall (1884).

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