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Peter Burke

1937 - Today

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Ulick Peter Burke (born 16 August 1937) is a British polymath, historian and professor. He was born to a Roman Catholic father and Jewish mother (who later converted to Roman Catholicism). He was educated by the Jesuits and at St John's College, Oxford and was a doctoral candidate at St Antony's College, Oxford. From 1962 to 1979, he was a member of the School of European Studies at University of Sussex, before moving to the University of Cambridge, where he holds the title of professor emeritus of cultural history and fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Burke is the 115th most popular historian (up from 130th in 2019), the 1,405th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,350th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Peter Burke ranks 115 out of 561. Before him are Frances Yates, Arnold Toynbee, Christoph Cellarius, W. Montgomery Watt, Árni Magnússon, and Reinhart Koselleck. After him are Leo the Deacon, Michael Glykas, Pierre Nora, Shoqan Walikhanov, Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī, and August Ludwig von Schlözer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Peter Burke ranks 100. Before him are Keizō Obuchi, Ronald Venetiaan, Eugen Doga, Jerry Reed, Erich Segal, and Hunter S. Thompson. After him are Boris Pugo, Cornelius A. Smith, Mitsuo Kamata, Daniel McFadden, Monika Ertl, and Steven Berkoff.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Burke ranks 1,405 out of 8,785. Before him are Bob Hope (1903), Rafael Merry del Val (1865), William Whewell (1794), Saint David (512), Samuel Pepys (1633), and MF Doom (1971). After him are Bill Shankly (1913), Liam Payne (1993), George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784), Richard Lovelace (1617), Jeremy Brett (1933), and John Brunner (1934).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Peter Burke ranks 10. Before him are Edward Gibbon (1737), Bernard Lewis (1916), Kenneth Clark (1903), Frances Yates (1899), Arnold Toynbee (1852), and W. Montgomery Watt (1909). After him are Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), Norman Davies (1939), E. P. Thompson (1924), C. Northcote Parkinson (1909), Steven Runciman (1903), and Ian Kershaw (1943).

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