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Kenneth Clark

1903 - 1983

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Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron Clark (13 July 1903 – 21 May 1983) was a British art historian, museum director and broadcaster. His expertise covered a wide range of artists and periods, but he is particularly associated with Italian Renaissance art, most of all that of Leonardo da Vinci. After running two art galleries in the 1930s and 1940s, he came to wider public notice on television, presenting a succession of programmes on the arts from the 1950s to the 1970s, the largest and best known being the Civilisation series in 1969. The son of rich parents, Clark was introduced to the arts at an early age. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenneth Clark is the 79th most popular historian (up from 484th in 2019), the 901st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,263rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Kenneth Clark ranks 79 out of 561. Before him are Ephorus, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Henri Pirenne, Al-Dhahabi, Eutropius, and Gaston Maspero. After him are Nicolaus of Damascus, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., George Ostrogorsky, Carlo Ginzburg, Julius Wellhausen, and Timaeus.

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Among people born in 1903, Kenneth Clark ranks 54. Before him are Abul A'la Maududi, Eliot Ness, Giulio Natta, Bruno Bettelheim, Andrei Grechko, and Claudio Arrau. After him are Georg Elser, George Davis Snell, Ernest Walton, Alonzo Church, Yisrael Kristal, and Raymond Radiguet. Among people deceased in 1983, Kenneth Clark ranks 35. Before him are George O. Abell, Luis Monti, Mercè Rodoreda, John Fante, Pridi Banomyong, and Gerhard Barkhorn. After him are George Balanchine, Vladimir Gelfand, Klaus Nomi, Maurice Ronet, Muddy Waters, and Rodolfo Gucci.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kenneth Clark ranks 901 out of 8,785. Before him are A. S. Neill (1883), Steve Harris (1956), Peter Finch (1916), J. L. Austin (1911), John Frederic Daniell (1790), and Thomas Savery (1650). After him are John Pell (1611), Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), John Gielgud (1904), Banksy (1970), Anne Conway (1631), and John Pople (1925).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Kenneth Clark ranks 6. Before him are Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), Arnold J. Toynbee (1889), Bede (672), Edward Gibbon (1737), and Bernard Lewis (1916). After him are Frances Yates (1899), Arnold Toynbee (1852), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), Peter Burke (1937), Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), and Norman Davies (1939).

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