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Karen Armstrong

1944 - Today

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Karen Armstrong (born 14 November 1944) is a British author and commentator known for her books on comparative religion. A former Roman Catholic religious sister, she went from a conservative to a more liberal and mystical Christian faith. She attended St Anne's College, Oxford, while in the convent and graduated in English. She left the convent in 1969. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karen Armstrong is the 1,692nd most popular writer (up from 2,025th in 2019), the 1,521st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,544th in 2019) and the 163rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Karen Armstrong ranks 1,692 out of 7,302. Before her are Ryū Murakami, Jacopo Sannazaro, Anne Desclos, Michael Cunningham, Mahadevi Varma, and François Pierre La Varenne. After her are Edward Albee, Symeon the Metaphrast, Mohamed Choukri, Sima Xiangru, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, and James Brendan Connolly.

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Among people born in 1944, Karen Armstrong ranks 178. Before her are Herbert Wimmer, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Adriano Galliani, Robert C. Merton, Mauro Piacenza, and Leif Segerstam. After her are Pattie Boyd, Albert Hammond, Kiri Te Kanawa, Chung Hong-won, Yoshio Kikugawa, and Ayad Allawi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Karen Armstrong ranks 1,521 out of 8,785. Before her are Peter Green (1946), Clarke Abel (1780), Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287), Harthacnut I of Denmark (880), Andy Summers (1942), and Susan Boyle (1961). After her are John Higgins (1975), Phil Neville (1977), Simon Rattle (1955), Dave Holland (1946), Pattie Boyd (1944), and Ebenezer Howard (1850).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Karen Armstrong ranks 163. Before her are John Mandeville (1300), Constance Lloyd (1858), Michael Moorcock (1939), John Gay (1685), Malcolm Lowry (1909), and Vita Sackville-West (1892). After her are Robert Harris (1957), Eleanor Hibbert (1906), Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), Edward Lear (1812), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), and Aphra Behn (1640).

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