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Hugh N. Kennedy

1947 - Today

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Hugh Nigel Kennedy (born 22 October 1947) is a British medievalist and academic. He specialises in the history of the early Islamic Middle East, Muslim Iberia and the Crusades. From 1997 to 2007, he was Professor of Middle Eastern History at the University of St Andrews. Since 2007, he has been Professor of Arabic at SOAS, University of London. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh N. Kennedy is the 513th most popular historian (up from 524th in 2019), the 5,013th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,213th in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Hugh N. Kennedy ranks 513 out of 561. Before him are Jacques Barzun, Vladimir Ćorović, Christopher Lasch, Griselda Pollock, Richard Overy, and David Bordwell. After him are Robert Kagan, George Grote, R. H. Tawney, Orlando Figes, Andreas Maislinger, and Alessandro Barbero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Hugh N. Kennedy ranks 740. Before him are Rajko Đurić, David Bordwell, John Perry Barlow, Emlyn Hughes, Buddy Miles, and Ron Freeman. After him are Debra Mooney, Flemming Jørgensen, Ivan Zafirov, Joe Manchin, Dominique Baudis, and Roky Erickson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh N. Kennedy ranks 5,014 out of 8,785. Before him are Frank Swift (1913), Sheila Lerwill (1928), W. G. Grace (1848), Thomas Campbell (1777), Georgia Moffett (1984), and Randolph Caldecott (1846). After him are John Henry Davies (1864), Edward Lhuyd (1660), Victor Johnson (1883), Raymond Leppard (1927), Thomas Heywood (1574), and C. H. Dodd (1884).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Hugh N. Kennedy ranks 65. Before him are Robert Service (1947), William of Newburgh (1130), Mark Mazower (1958), William Mitchell Ramsay (1851), N. G. L. Hammond (1907), and Richard Overy (1947). After him are George Grote (1794), Orlando Figes (1959), Simon Schama (1945), Jan Morris (1926), Richard Bauckham (1946), and Warren Treadgold (1949).

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