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Mary Renault

1905 - 1983

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Eileen Mary Challans (4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), known by her pen name Mary Renault (), was a British writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece. Born in Forest Gate in 1905, she attended St Hugh's College, Oxford, from 1924 until 1928. After graduating from St Hugh's with a Third Class in English, she worked as a nurse and began writing her first novels, which were contemporary romances. In 1948, she moved to Durban, South Africa with her partner, Julie Mullard, and later to Cape Town, where she spent the rest of her life. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Renault is the 4,045th most popular writer (down from 3,771st in 2019), the 3,189th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,678th in 2019) and the 357th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Mary Renault ranks 4,045 out of 7,302. Before her are Olof von Dalin, Yang Jiang, George Coșbuc, Daniel Silva, Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina, and Decimus Laberius. After her are Onomacritus, Leif G. W. Persson, Jurek Becker, Mohammed Hussein Heikal, Zsigmond Móricz, and Gary Chapman.

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Among people born in 1905, Mary Renault ranks 226. Before her are Araken Patusca, Ernst Baier, Gösta Dunker, Al Taliaferro, Oleksandr Korniychuk, and Laura Perls. After her are Conduelo Píriz, Eric Frank Russell, Pote Sarasin, Fulvio Bernardini, Irmgard Keun, and Franco Riccardi. Among people deceased in 1983, Mary Renault ranks 149. Before her are Zhang Daqian, Arvīds Pelše, Nichita Stănescu, Vince Gallagher, Norman Holter, and Alan Cunningham. After her are Burrill Bernard Crohn, José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, Bart Bok, Earl Hines, Carlo Orlandi, and George Hodgson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Renault ranks 3,190 out of 8,785. Before her are Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), David Heyman (1961), Peter Swan (1936), Mick Jackson (1943), David Mitchell (1974), and Blanche Bingley (1863). After her are Dick Parry (1942), Lita Ford (1958), Roy Harrod (1900), E. H. Shepard (1879), Robert Simson (1687), and Teresa Ann Savoy (1955).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Mary Renault ranks 357. Before her are Israel Zangwill (1864), Christiane Amanpour (1958), W. S. Gilbert (1836), Nick Hornby (1957), Alexander Neckam (1157), and Edwin Atherstone (1788). After her are Eric Frank Russell (1905), Pippa Middleton (1983), Sue Townsend (1946), William Thoms (1803), Lydia Becker (1827), and James Allen (1864).

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