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Herbert Read

1893 - 1968

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Sir Herbert Edward Read, (; 4 December 1893 – 12 June 1968) was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read was co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. As well as being a prominent English anarchist, he was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of existentialism. He was co-editor with Michael Fordham and Gerhard Adler of the British edition in English of The Collected Works of C. G. Jung. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Read is the 3,113th most popular writer (down from 2,678th in 2019), the 2,545th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,985th in 2019) and the 281st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Herbert Read ranks 3,113 out of 7,302. Before him are Gysbert Japiks, Gregory Benford, Jurij Koch, Andrei Amalrik, Larry Niven, and Gunnar Staalesen. After him are Frederick Denison Maurice, Ludovico di Varthema, Jim Rohn, Faltonia Betitia Proba, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, and Jonathan Franzen.

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Among people born in 1893, Herbert Read ranks 152. Before him are Rued Langgaard, Costante Girardengo, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Hilda Geiringer, Ernest B. Schoedsack, and Freya Stark. After him are Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony, Rahul Sankrityayan, Vicente Huidobro, Archduke Leo Karl of Austria, Olga Baclanova, and Huey Long. Among people deceased in 1968, Herbert Read ranks 106. Before him are Hans Cramer, Walter Tewksbury, Tallulah Bankhead, Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, Gholamreza Takhti, and Sigfried Giedion. After him are Chana Orloff, Maurice Larrouy, Gunnar Ekelöf, Armando Castellazzi, Lina Stern, and Ludowika Jakobsson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Herbert Read ranks 2,546 out of 8,785. Before him are Jack Higgins (1929), Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888), William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748), Robert Peake the Elder (1551), Harold Jeffreys (1891), and Bernie Taupin (1950). After him are Susannah York (1939), Rufus Sewell (1967), Frederick Denison Maurice (1805), Jenson Button (1980), Joseph Delaney (1945), and Eric Porter (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Herbert Read ranks 281. Before him are Charlotte Smith (1749), Walter Pater (1839), Josephine Tey (1896), Samuel Smiles (1812), Dodie Smith (1896), and Jack Higgins (1929). After him are Frederick Denison Maurice (1805), Joseph Delaney (1945), William Congreve (1670), Edwin Arnold (1832), William Langland (1332), and Hamnet Shakespeare (1585).

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