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George Finlay

1799 - 1875

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George Finlay (21 December 1799 – 26 January 1875) was a Scottish historian. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Finlay is the 397th most popular historian (up from 438th in 2019), the 3,629th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,735th in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, George Finlay ranks 397 out of 561. Before him are Olena Apanovych, Joan Wallach Scott, Volodymyr Ivanovych Barvinok, Hugo Falcandus, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, and Florian Cajori. After him are Michael Panaretos, Stanley G. Payne, Sirarpie Der Nersessian, Marc Fumaroli, Pierre Chaunu, and Aleksey Shakhmatov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, George Finlay ranks 51. Before him are Eliza Acton, Fyodor Bruni, David Don, Heinrich von Gagern, Nathaniel Palmer, and Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville. After him are František Čelakovský, Frederick Catherwood, Amos Bronson Alcott, Edward Belcher, Henry Monnier, and William Rutter Dawes. Among people deceased in 1875, George Finlay ranks 69. Before him are Fyodor Bruni, Wilhelm Bauer, Aristeidis Moraitinis, Virginie Ancelot, Giovanni Luppis, and Duke Eugen of Württemberg. After him are Joseph Othmar Rauscher, George Pickett, José María Ventura Casas, Heinrich Ewald, Henry Kellett, and Zsigmond Kemény.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Finlay ranks 3,630 out of 8,785. Before him are Chris Barber (1930), Winston Graham (1908), W. D. Ross (1877), Dorian Yates (1962), Prince George of Wales (2013), and Cherie Blair (1954). After him are Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845), Nat Lofthouse (1925), Jean Shrimpton (1942), Richard de Bury (1287), Michael Ruse (1940), and Adrian Edmondson (1957).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, George Finlay ranks 38. Before him are Christopher Hill (1912), A. J. P. Taylor (1906), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), Edward Granville Browne (1862), Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914), and John Keegan (1934). After him are Francis Godwin (1562), Catharine Macaulay (1731), Henry James Sumner Maine (1822), G. M. Trevelyan (1876), Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), and Donald Nicol (1923).

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