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Martin Lings

1909 - 2005

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Martin Lings (24 January 1909 – 12 May 2005), also known as Abū Bakr Sirāj ad-Dīn, was an English writer, Islamic scholar, and philosopher. A student of the Swiss metaphysician Frithjof Schuon and an authority on the work of William Shakespeare, he is best known as the author of Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, first published in 1983 and still in print. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Lings is the 921st most popular philosopher (up from 969th in 2019), the 2,590th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,459th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Martin Lings ranks 921 out of 1,267. Before him are Matthias Bel, Abu Sulayman Sijistani, Sengzhao, Heinrich Khunrath, Ramiro Ledesma Ramos, and Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri. After him are J. M. E. McTaggart, Nikolay Lossky, Sopater of Apamea, Antipater of Tarsus, Hermogenes of Tarsus, and Bahya ibn Paquda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Martin Lings ranks 174. Before him are Mehmed Orhan, Leone Ginzburg, Lal Bokhari, André Vandewyer, Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma, and Howard Da Silva. After him are Hermann Lang, André Clot, Eric Ambler, Dana Andrews, Claude Cahen, and Bernhard Grzimek. Among people deceased in 2005, Martin Lings ranks 138. Before him are Pál Losonczi, Elisabeth Domitien, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Andrea Dworkin, Sergio Endrigo, and Andre Norton. After him are James Doohan, Wee Kim Wee, Alexander Yakovlev, Jacques Villeret, Netti Witziers-Timmer, and Giuseppe Caprio.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Martin Lings ranks 2,591 out of 8,785. Before him are Anne-Marie (1991), Walter Legge (1906), Blaze Bayley (1963), Chris Squire (1948), Bear Grylls (1974), and William Langland (1332). After him are G. M. B. Dobson (1889), J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), Alfred Tysoe (1874), Mary Ure (1933), and Henry Percy (1364).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Martin Lings ranks 61. Before him are Philippa Foot (1920), Bernard Williams (1929), John Major (1467), Charles Kay Ogden (1889), Frederick Copleston (1907), and Raymond Williams (1921). After him are J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), Perry Anderson (1938), Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924), Thomas Arnold (1795), Richard Swinburne (1934), and Anna Kingsford (1846).

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