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Historical people

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Browse historical figures ranked by the number of books linked to them.

1819–1868

Herbert Benjamin Edwardes was a British East India Company officer and administrator on the Punjab frontier. He raised local forces against the Multan revolt and played […]

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Hermes was the Greek god of travellers, messengers, boundaries, trade and cunning. He acts as a guide between worlds, protects travellers and thieves, and frequently assists […]

485 BCE–426 BCE

Herodotus was a Greek historian whose Histories investigate the causes and course of the Greco-Persian Wars. He combines inquiry into battles and politics with ethnography, geography, […]

Hiroo Onoda is represented in the linked non-fiction through court politics and dynastic power, military command and battlefield decision-making, and political ambition and government. These works […]

Hypatia is represented in the linked non-fiction through religion, belief and institutional authority, political ambition and government, and family, marriage and personal loyalty. These works approach […]

Io

Io was a woman in Greek mythology transformed into a cow and driven across the world by divine persecution. Her wanderings connect Greece, Egypt and the […]

1645–1727

Ismail Ibn Sharif was sultan of Morocco from 1672 to 1727 and a major builder of the Alaouite state. He created a powerful standing army, established […]

1812–1860

James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie was the governor-general who greatly expanded British rule in India. He used war, annexation and the Doctrine of Lapse to […]

1 series

John Chisum is represented in the linked non-fiction through exploration, travel and cultural encounter and court politics and dynastic power. These works approach the figure through […]

1811–1879

John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence was a British administrator who helped govern Punjab after its annexation and later served as viceroy of India. His administrative network […]

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