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Marmaduke Pickthall

1875 - 1936

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Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall (born Marmaduke William Pickthall; 7 April 1875 – 19 May 1936) was an English Islamic scholar noted for his 1930 English translation of the Quran, called The Meaning of the Glorious Koran. His translation of the Quran (usually anglicized as "Koran" in Pickthall's era) is one of the most widely known and used in the English-speaking world. A convert from Christianity to Islam, Pickthall was a novelist, esteemed by D. H. Lawrence, H. G. Wells, and E. M. Forster, as well as journalists, political and religious leaders. He declared his conversion to Islam in dramatic fashion after delivering a talk on 'Islam and Progress' on 29 November 1917, to the Muslim Literary Society in Notting Hill, West London. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marmaduke Pickthall is the 5,242nd most popular writer (up from 5,672nd in 2019), the 4,175th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,383rd in 2019) and the 449th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Marmaduke Pickthall ranks 5,242 out of 7,302. Before him are Abbas Sahhat, John Antoine Nau, Adolf Born, Heinrich Laube, Dorrit Willumsen, and Zig Ziglar. After him are Vikenty Veresaev, A. E. Housman, Kalliroi Parren, Dee Brown, Imants Ziedonis, and Michel Tremblay.

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Among people born in 1875, Marmaduke Pickthall ranks 164. Before him are Giuseppe Vitali, Dobri Hristov, Sigurður Eggerz, Georgios Papasideris, Konstantin Yuon, and Jean-Guy Gautier. After him are Kazimierz Prószyński, Hasrat Mohani, Joseph Dempsey, Béla Békessy, Charles Gondouin, and Andreas Michalakopoulos. Among people deceased in 1936, Marmaduke Pickthall ranks 167. Before him are Lola Mora, Hermann Hirt, Carlos José Solórzano, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Abraham Berge, and Rodney Heath. After him are A. E. Housman, Jaafar Al-Askari, Vladimir Bogoraz, Prudencia Ayala, Lorenzo Mangiante, and M. R. James.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Marmaduke Pickthall ranks 4,176 out of 8,785. Before him are Julian Richings (1955), Robert Wight (1796), G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903), Craig Armstrong (1959), Wilko Johnson (1947), and Muriel Freeman (1897). After him are A. E. Housman (1859), Joseph Grimaldi (1778), Roy Wood (1946), Jack Beresford (1899), Lily James (1989), and Granville Bantock (1868).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Marmaduke Pickthall ranks 449. Before him are Brian Lumley (1937), Gillian Rubinstein (1942), Joyce Mansour (1928), Thomas Dekker (1572), Jeanette Winterson (1959), and Gilbert Adair (1944). After him are A. E. Housman (1859), Bruno Heller (1960), Alan Bennett (1934), Aubrey de Grey (1963), Norman Smith (1923), and Edward Carpenter (1844).

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