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Robert Graves

1895 - 1985

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Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology. Robert Graves produced more than 140 works in his lifetime. His poems, his translations and innovative analysis of the Greek myths, his memoir of his early life—including his role in World War I—Good-Bye to All That (1929), and his speculative study of poetic inspiration The White Goddess have never been out of print. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Graves is the 1,061st most popular writer (up from 1,070th in 2019), the 987th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 809th in 2019) and the 108th most popular British Writer.

Robert Graves is most famous for his book, "I, Claudius." The book was published in 1934 and is a fictional account of the life of Claudius, the Roman Emperor from AD 41 to 54.

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Among writers, Robert Graves ranks 1,061 out of 7,302. Before him are Alfred Brehm, Gottfried von Strassburg, Alexander Litvinenko, Sulpicius Severus, Adalbert Stifter, and Radoje Domanović. After him are Brian O'Nolan, Clifford D. Simak, Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh, P. L. Travers, William Gibson, and Nikolay Nekrasov.

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Among people born in 1895, Robert Graves ranks 72. Before him are Edna Purviance, Clara Haskil, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, Pavel Sukhoi, Wilhelm Gustloff, and Friedrich Jeckeln. After him are Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois, Marcel Pagnol, Lin Yutang, Ferdinand Čatloš, Choudhry Rahmat Ali, and B. H. Liddell Hart. Among people deceased in 1985, Robert Graves ranks 36. Before him are George Pólya, Emil Gilels, Tjalling Koopmans, Margaret Mahler, Tancredo Neves, and James Hadley Chase. After him are Ernst Öpik, Tage Erlander, Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Kirill Moskalenko, Henry Hathaway, and The Singing Nun.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Graves ranks 987 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Spurgeon (1834), Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868), John A. Hobson (1858), Rachel Weisz (1970), George Robert Gray (1808), and Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (1373). After him are Brian O'Nolan (1911), Boris Karloff (1887), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671), James Clark Ross (1800), Alfred Molina (1953), and Leigh Hunt (1784).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Graves ranks 108. Before him are Ann Radcliffe (1764), John Fowles (1926), Thomas Malory (1405), Edmund Spenser (1552), James Hadley Chase (1906), and John Dryden (1631). After him are Brian O'Nolan (1911), Leigh Hunt (1784), James Thomson (1700), Tony Buzan (1942), Oliver Sacks (1933), and Len Deighton (1929).

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