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Henry Thomas Buckle

1821 - 1862

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Henry Thomas Buckle (24 November 1821 – 29 May 1862) was an English historian, the author of an unfinished History of Civilization and a strong amateur chess player. He is sometimes called "the Father of Scientific History". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Thomas Buckle is the 143rd most popular historian (down from 115th in 2019), the 1,713th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,219th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Henry Thomas Buckle ranks 143 out of 561. Before him are Ibn Hibban, Heinrich von Treitschke, William H. McNeill, Vladimir Minorsky, Hieronymus Wolf, and Michael Attaleiates. After him are Helmold, Matthew of Edessa, Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Evagrius Scholasticus, Richard Pipes, and Johann Weikhard von Valvasor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Henry Thomas Buckle ranks 32. Before him are Giovanni Bottesini, Sebastian Kneipp, Tuone Udaina, Rachel Félix, Ernst Engel, and Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg. After him are Franz Doppler, Ford Madox Brown, Albert, 4th duc de Broglie, Napoleon Sarony, Leon Pinsker, and Gabriel García Moreno. Among people deceased in 1862, Henry Thomas Buckle ranks 19. Before him are Robert Knox, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Carlos Antonio López, Elizabeth Siddal, Carl Ludwig Blume, and Karl Nesselrode. After him are Ludwig Uhland, Jeanne Duval, Johann Nestroy, Simon Fraser, Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, and Hon'inbō Shūsaku.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Thomas Buckle ranks 1,713 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Hardy (1925), Charles Joughin (1878), A. S. Byatt (1936), Henry Bird (1830), Albert Ketèlbey (1875), and Michael Dummett (1925). After him are Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), Richard of Saint Victor (1110), Eddie the Eagle (1963), Mary Norton (1903), Ian Wilmut (1944), and Dorothy L. Sayers (1893).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Henry Thomas Buckle ranks 11. Before him are Bernard Lewis (1916), Kenneth Clark (1903), Frances Yates (1899), Arnold Toynbee (1852), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), and Peter Burke (1937). After him are Norman Davies (1939), E. P. Thompson (1924), C. Northcote Parkinson (1909), Steven Runciman (1903), Ian Kershaw (1943), and Antony Beevor (1946).

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