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Steven Runciman

1903 - 2000

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Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman (7 July 1903 – 1 November 2000), known as Steven Runciman, was an English historian best known for his three-volume A History of the Crusades (1951–54). His works had a profound impact on the popular conception of the Crusades. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Steven Runciman is the 167th most popular historian (up from 179th in 2019), the 1,892nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,739th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Steven Runciman ranks 167 out of 561. Before him are Augustin Thierry, Jan Assmann, Ivane Javakhishvili, E. P. Thompson, Antiochus of Syracuse, and C. Northcote Parkinson. After him are Ian Kershaw, Otto von Gierke, Mirkhvand, Antony Beevor, Charles Diehl, and Ibn al-Faqih.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Steven Runciman ranks 113. Before him are Luigi Allemandi, Ma Bufang, Michail Stasinopoulos, Gregor Piatigorsky, Karl Fritzsch, and Marshall Harvey Stone. After him are Rudolf Serkin, Amy Johnson, Alf Sjöberg, Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Nikolai Voznesensky, and Jan de Klerk. Among people deceased in 2000, Steven Runciman ranks 95. Before him are Pierre Plantard, Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, Philippe Chatrier, Roger Peyrefitte, Tito Puente, and Nancy Marchand. After him are Poul Hartling, Son Sann, Pierre Pflimlin, Rabah Bitat, William Porter, and Jean Peters.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Steven Runciman ranks 1,892 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Heath (1861), Alexander Cunningham (1814), Andrew V. McLaglen (1920), Princess Beatrice of York (1988), Evelyn De Morgan (1855), and Hugh Fraser (1945). After him are Gytha of Wessex (1053), Christina Rossetti (1830), Thomas Beecham (1879), Dunstan (909), Sean Harris (1966), and Paul Graham (1964).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Steven Runciman ranks 15. Before him are W. Montgomery Watt (1909), Peter Burke (1937), Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), Norman Davies (1939), E. P. Thompson (1924), and C. Northcote Parkinson (1909). After him are Ian Kershaw (1943), Antony Beevor (1946), William of Malmesbury (1080), Robert Conquest (1917), Anthony Blunt (1907), and H. J. R. Murray (1868).

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