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Henry Lincoln

1930 - 2022

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Henry Soskin (12 February 1930 – 23 February 2022), better known as Henry Lincoln, was a British author, television presenter, scriptwriter, and actor. He co-wrote three Doctor Who multi-part serials in the 1960s, and — starting in the 1970s — inspired three Chronicle BBC Two documentaries on the alleged mysteries surrounding the French village of Rennes-le-Château (on which he was writer and presenter) — and, from the 1980s, co-authored and authored a series of books of which The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail was the most popular, becoming the inspiration for Dan Brown's 2003 best-selling novel, The Da Vinci Code. He was the last living person to have written for Doctor Who in the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Lincoln is the 5,619th most popular writer (up from 5,899th in 2019), the 4,555th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,704th in 2019) and the 492nd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Henry Lincoln ranks 5,619 out of 7,302. Before him are Irawati Karve, Ludwig Ganghofer, Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh, Hendrik Marsman, Nirmal Verma, and Sam Houser. After him are Kenneth Copeland, Martin Litchfield West, Jean-Jacques Schuhl, Stephen Leacock, Blas de Otero, and Steven Pressfield.

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Among people born in 1930, Henry Lincoln ranks 498. Before him are Francesco Maselli, Anthony Soter Fernandez, James Fifer, Sachiko Hidari, Fatos Arapi, and Pietro Citati. After him are José Guardiola, Schafik Hándal, Vladimir Andreyev, Beryl Penrose, Bob Baetens, and Innes Ireland. Among people deceased in 2022, Henry Lincoln ranks 487. Before him are Leonid Shvartsman, Anita Gradin, Abuzed Omar Dorda, Géza Csapó, Manuel Göttsching, and Pietro Citati. After him are Horacio Accavallo, Janusz Kupcewicz, Wilson Kiprugut, Miodrag Ješić, Walter Abish, and Takeoff.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Lincoln ranks 4,556 out of 8,785. Before him are John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (1431), Robbie Fowler (1975), Deusdedit of Canterbury (600), Joseph Wedderburn (1882), Sam Houser (1972), and David Jason (1940). After him are A. V. Dicey (1835), Martin Litchfield West (1937), Samantha Morton (1977), Stephen Leacock (1869), George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866), and Doug Sampson (1957).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Henry Lincoln ranks 492. Before him are George Lillo (1691), Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1674), Robert Herrick (1591), Thomas Linacre (1460), William Martin Leake (1777), and Sam Houser (1972). After him are Martin Litchfield West (1937), Stephen Leacock (1869), Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), John Braine (1922), Ann Cleeves (1954), and Jonathan Coe (1961).

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