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Quentin Skinner

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Quentin Robert Duthie Skinner (born 26 November 1940) is a British intellectual historian. He is regarded as one of the founders of the Cambridge School of the history of political thought. He has won numerous prizes for his work, including the Wolfson History Prize in 1979 and the Balzan Prize in 2006. Between 1996 and 2008 he was Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Quentin Skinner is the 294th most popular historian (down from 248th in 2019), the 2,757th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,257th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Quentin Skinner ranks 294 out of 561. Before him are Marino Sanuto the Younger, Stéphane Courtois, Wilhelm von Bode, Yahya of Antioch, Juan de Mariana, and Marin Drinov. After him are Agnes Arber, Lyubomir Miletich, Gerald of Wales, Vardan Areveltsi, Ubbo Emmius, and Marc Ferro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Quentin Skinner ranks 264. Before him are Larry Hankin, Peter Benchley, Jesús López Cobos, Jan Eliasson, Lill Lindfors, and Zubaida Tharwat. After him are Silvester Takač, Johnny Nash, Léon Semmeling, Andres Tarand, Russell Banks, and Yozhef Sabo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Quentin Skinner ranks 2,758 out of 8,785. Before him are Norman Wisdom (1915), Wade Barrett (1980), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), James Whale (1889), William Bayliss (1860), and Kyle Walker (1990). After him are Edith Durham (1863), Joseph Raphson (1648), Asser (900), Iain Banks (1954), Nicollette Sheridan (1963), and Paul Hunter (1978).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Quentin Skinner ranks 28. Before him are Tony Judt (1948), Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928), A. H. M. Jones (1904), John Foxe (1516), Timothy Garton Ash (1955), and George Buchanan (1506). After him are Agnes Arber (1879), Gerald of Wales (1146), Paul Kennedy (1945), Christopher Hill (1912), A. J. P. Taylor (1906), and Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810).

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