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Jan Morris

1926 - 2020

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Catharine Jan Morris (born James Humphry Morris; 2 October 1926 – 20 November 2020) was a Welsh historian, author and travel writer. She was known particularly for the Pax Britannica trilogy (1968–1978), a history of the British Empire, and for portraits of cities, including Oxford, Venice, Trieste, Hong Kong and New York City. She published under her birth name, James, until 1972, when she had gender reassignment surgery after transitioning from male to female. Morris was a member of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition, which made the first ever confirmed ascent of the mountain. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Morris is the 525th most popular historian (up from 530th in 2019), the 5,321st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,358th in 2019) and the 69th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Jan Morris ranks 525 out of 561. Before her are Alessandro Barbero, Horace Engdahl, Djibril Tamsir Niane, Simon Schama, Carroll Quigley, and Richard Hofstadter. After her are Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa, Francis Parkman, Romila Thapar, Charles Oman, Richard Bauckham, and Warren Treadgold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Jan Morris ranks 488. Before her are Patrice Wymore, Tim LaHaye, Lionel Jeffries, Desmond Connell, Éva Janikovszky, and Franca Falcucci. After her are Robert Creeley, Bud Shank, Dionizije Dvornić, Misael Escuti, Aldo Ray, and Beverly Garland. Among people deceased in 2020, Jan Morris ranks 696. Before her are Bob Gibson, Lars-Eric Lundvall, Zlatko Portner, Fatemeh Rahbar, Ahmad NikTalab, and Benny Chan. After her are Kristina Lugn, Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, Euphrase Kezilahabi, Finn Christian Jagge, Kalevi Oikarainen, and Jane Dee Hull.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jan Morris ranks 5,323 out of 8,785. Before her are Eddie Jobson (1955), Ann Todd (1907), John James (1914), Asa Butterfield (1997), Tommy Flowers (1905), and Richard Meinertzhagen (1878). After her are Nigella Lawson (1960), Howard Marks (1945), Janet Simpson (1944), Adebayo Akinfenwa (1982), Sheila Hancock (1933), and Fiona May (1969).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Jan Morris ranks 69. Before her are N. G. L. Hammond (1907), Richard Overy (1947), Hugh N. Kennedy (1947), George Grote (1794), Orlando Figes (1959), and Simon Schama (1945). After her are Richard Bauckham (1946), Warren Treadgold (1949), Edward Augustus Freeman (1823), Iain Pears (1955), Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938), and Peter Heather (1960).

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