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Michael Grant

1914 - 2004

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Michael Grant (21 November 1914 – 4 October 2004) was an English classicist, Professor of Humanity at the University of Edinburgh, numismatist, and author of numerous books on ancient history. His 1956 translation of Tacitus's Annals of Imperial Rome remains a standard of the work. Having studied and held a number of academic posts in the United Kingdom and the Middle East, he retired early to write full-time. He once described himself as "one of the very few freelancers in the field of ancient history: a rare phenomenon". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Grant is the 2,611th most popular writer (up from 5,540th in 2019), the 2,182nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,230th in 2019) and the 245th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Michael Grant ranks 2,611 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, Ottavio Rinuccini, Mir Taqi Mir, D. B. Weiss, Polemon I of Pontus, and Giulio Angioni. After him are Thomas Percy, Rosario Castellanos, Friedrich Spee, Mariana Alcoforado, George Adamski, and Jean Joseph Marie Amiot.

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Among people born in 1914, Michael Grant ranks 146. Before him are Sarla Thakral, Felice Borel, Andrzej Panufnik, Anatole Abragam, Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, and Gino Colaussi. After him are Yuri Levitan, Paul Tortelier, Noor Inayat Khan, Frances Oldham Kelsey, Patrick O'Brian, and Arno Schmidt. Among people deceased in 2004, Michael Grant ranks 113. Before him are Hussein al-Houthi, Fay Wray, Laura Betti, Bill Pickering, José López Portillo y Pacheco, and Anthony Steffen. After him are Kalevi Sorsa, Rafael Eitan, Jean Lefebvre, Czesław Niemen, Steve Lacy, and José Giovanni.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Grant ranks 2,182 out of 8,785. Before him are Rachel Kempson (1910), William Allen (1532), Sophie Kinsella (1969), David Moyes (1963), Menzies Campbell (1941), and Bill Bruford (1949). After him are Sarah Douglas (1952), Rick Wakeman (1949), Thomas Percy (1729), Tony Banks (1950), David Purley (1945), and Israel Kirzner (1930).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Michael Grant ranks 245. Before him are George Whitefield (1714), Rebecca West (1892), Donald Adamson (1939), David Crystal (1941), Walter Bagehot (1826), and Sophie Kinsella (1969). After him are Thomas Percy (1729), John Wyndham (1903), David Ogilvy (1911), Anna Sewell (1820), Patrick O'Brian (1914), and Wilfred Owen (1893).

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