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H. J. R. Murray

1868 - 1955

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Harold James Ruthven Murray (24 June 1868 – 16 May 1955) was a British educationalist, inspector of schools, and prominent chess historian. His book, A History of Chess, is widely regarded as the most authoritative and comprehensive history of the game. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. H. J. R. Murray is the 220th most popular historian (up from 491st in 2019), the 2,313th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,375th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, H. J. R. Murray ranks 220 out of 561. Before him are Robert Conquest, Anthony Blunt, Johannes Aventinus, Deborah Lipstadt, Annius of Viterbo, and Gerardus Vossius. After him are Saul Friedländer, Fritz Fischer, Khvandamir, Aban ibn Uthman, Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, and Joseph de Guignes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, H. J. R. Murray ranks 112. Before him are Karl Röderer, Hovhannes Kajaznuni, Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, Korbinian Brodmann, Vydūnas, and Marie Belloc Lowndes. After him are Hugo Eckener, Marie Dressler, Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ivan Regen, Edgar Lee Masters, and Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria. Among people deceased in 1955, H. J. R. Murray ranks 78. Before him are Arthur Tansley, Isak Samokovlija, Holger Nielsen, Alexandrina of Balazar, Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Hubert Cecil Booth. After him are Isaak Dunayevsky, Tribhuvan of Nepal, Theodor Innitzer, Jonni Myyrä, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, and Louis Charles Breguet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, H. J. R. Murray ranks 2,313 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Long (1945), John Major (1467), John Bagot Glubb (1897), W. V. D. Hodge (1903), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), and Bobby Collins (1931). After him are Edward Low (1690), Jim Carter (1948), Roger Byrne (1929), Thomas Otway (1652), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), and Peter Crouch (1981).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, H. J. R. Murray ranks 21. Before him are Steven Runciman (1903), Ian Kershaw (1943), Antony Beevor (1946), William of Malmesbury (1080), Robert Conquest (1917), and Anthony Blunt (1907). After him are Tony Judt (1948), Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928), A. H. M. Jones (1904), John Foxe (1516), Timothy Garton Ash (1955), and George Buchanan (1506).

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