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Martin Gilbert

1936 - 2015

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Sir Martin John Gilbert (25 October 1936 – 3 February 2015) was a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. He was the author of 88 books, including works on Winston Churchill, the 20th century, and Jewish history including the Holocaust. He was a member of the Chilcot Inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Gilbert is the 448th most popular historian (down from 444th in 2019), the 4,088th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,778th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Martin Gilbert ranks 448 out of 561. Before him are Ekvtime Takaishvili, Mikheil Tsereteli, Nikolaus Pevsner, Donald Nicol, Avi Shlaim, and Drew Gilpin Faust. After him are John King Fairbank, Martin Noth, Américo Castro, Girolamo Mei, Hermann Oldenberg, and Alain Besançon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Martin Gilbert ranks 412. Before him are Federico Sacchi, Iya Savvina, Larry McMurtry, Tony Dallara, Norberto Menéndez, and Akio Kaminaga. After him are Domingo Pérez, Nikos Xilouris, Gwyneth Jones, James Jamerson, Anthony Kennedy, and Roger Mahony. Among people deceased in 2015, Martin Gilbert ranks 343. Before him are Howard Davis Jr., Robert Chartoff, Amparo Baró, Valmir Louruz, Eevi Huttunen, and Alena Vrzáňová. After him are Michel Scheuer, Dolph Schayes, Ferenc Kiss, Héctor Silva, Jacques Parizeau, and Andrei Eshpai.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Martin Gilbert ranks 4,089 out of 8,785. Before him are Tracey Emin (1963), Mark Noble (1987), Roger Dean (1944), Brendan Rodgers (1973), Piers Morgan (1965), and George Cohen (1939). After him are Adolph Deutsch (1897), Carey Mulligan (1985), Eddie Chapman (1914), Shirley Manson (1966), John Bodkin Adams (1899), and Francis Crozier (1796).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Martin Gilbert ranks 45. Before him are Francis Godwin (1562), Catharine Macaulay (1731), Henry James Sumner Maine (1822), G. M. Trevelyan (1876), Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), and Donald Nicol (1923). After him are Lawrence Stone (1919), David Marshall Lang (1924), Mary Beard (1955), Stanley Morison (1889), Richard J. Evans (1947), and David Abulafia (1949).

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