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Richard J. Evans

1947 - Today

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Sir Richard John Evans (born 29 September 1947) is a British historian of 19th- and 20th-century Europe with a focus on Germany. He is the author of eighteen books, including his three-volume The Third Reich Trilogy (2003–2008). Evans was Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge from 2008 until he retired in 2014, and President of Cambridge's Wolfson College from 2010 to 2017. He has been Provost of Gresham College in London since 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard J. Evans is the 469th most popular historian (down from 459th in 2019), the 4,253rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,970th in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Richard J. Evans ranks 469 out of 561. Before him are Eadmer, Mikhail Artamonov, Herwig Wolfram, Irina Antonova, Stanley Morison, and René Rémond. After him are Sara Ashurbeyli, Miguel León-Portilla, Ji Xianlin, Benjamin Mazar, Artur Hazelius, and David Abulafia.

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Among people born in 1947, Richard J. Evans ranks 610. Before him are Cyrille Guimard, Luigi Padovese, Menachem Bello, Jerónimo de Sousa, Ricardo Teixeira, and K. P. A. C. Lalitha. After him are Timothy B. Schmit, André Heller, Laurent Pokou, Randhir Kapoor, Franz West, and Ada Kok.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard J. Evans ranks 4,254 out of 8,785. Before him are Ivor Novello (1893), Ian Charleson (1949), Richard Meade (1938), Peter F. Hamilton (1960), Thomas Love Peacock (1785), and Bonnie Wright (1991). After him are Daniel Harding (1975), Frank Dillane (1991), Richard D. Ryder (1940), Stephen Gardiner (1497), Edward Rutherfurd (1948), and Spike Edney (1951).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Richard J. Evans ranks 50. Before him are Donald Nicol (1923), Martin Gilbert (1936), Lawrence Stone (1919), David Marshall Lang (1924), Mary Beard (1955), and Stanley Morison (1889). After him are David Abulafia (1949), Niall Ferguson (1964), Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (1931), William Robertson (1721), William Dalrymple (1965), and Thomas Fuller (1608).

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