Can you name the people with the longest articles in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, excluding monarchs ?

created by johnlk
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  • Source: Oxford Biography Index
  • This list excludes *reigning* monarchs and prime ministers, since otherwise it becomes kind of a "list prime ministers and monarchs" quiz. I've also excluded a few legendary persons, like King Arthur
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LifespanPersonDescription
1564-1616playwright and poet
1650-1722army officer and politician
1882-1941writer
1561-1626lord chancellor, politician, and philosopher
1729/30-1797politician and author
1809-1882naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection
1819-1900art critic and social critic
1806-1873philosopher, economist, and advocate
1771-1832poet and novelist
1485-1540royal minister
1470/71-1530royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal
1532/3-1588courtier and magnate
1504-1575archbishop of Canterbury and patron of scholarship
1642-1727natural philosopher and mathematician
1812-1870novelist
1532-1590principal secretary
1775-1817novelist
1609-1674politician and historian
1621-1683politician
1711-1776philosopher and historian
LifespanPersonDescription
1554-1618courtier, explorer, and author
1772-1834poet, critic, and philosopher
1788-1824poet
1520/21-1598royal minister
1685-1759composer
1584-1643politician
1608-1674poet and polemicist
1775-1851landscape and history painter
1478-1535lord chancellor, humanist, and martyr
1643-1715bishop of Salisbury and historian
1582-1650archbishop of York
1514-1572religious reformer
1573-1645archbishop of Canterbury
1615-1691ejected minister and religious writer
1489-1556archbishop of Canterbury
1565-1601soldier and politician
1883-1946economist
1737-1809author and revolutionary
1920-2003politician and author
1593-1641lord lieutenant of Ireland
LifespanPersonDescription
1667-1745writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
1723-1792portrait and history painter and art theorist
1758-1805naval officer
1709-1784author and lexicographer
1516/17-1587Martyrologist
1749-1806politician
1609-1669queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, consort of Charles I
1632-1723architect, mathematician, and astronomer
1809-1892poet
1717-1797author, politician, and patron of the arts
1608-1670army officer and naval officer
1678-1751politician, diplomatist, and author
1889-1951philosopher
1819-1880novelist
d. 1384theologian, philosopher, and religious reformer
1856-1950playwright and polemicist
1801-1890theologian and cardinal
1795-1881author, biographer, and historian
1619-1682royalist army and naval officer
1340-1400poet and administrator
LifespanPersonDescription
1572-1637poet and playwright
1872-1970philosopher, journalist, and political campaigner
1770-1850poet
1748-1832philosopher, jurist, and reformer
1688-1744poet
1723-1790moral philosopher and political economist
1812-1889poet
1632-1704philosopher
1898-1986sculptor
1792-1822poet
1795-1821poet
1632-1712politician
1846-1891politician and landowner
1563-1612politician and courtier
1865-1939poet
1552-1634lawyer, legal writer, and politician
1552-1599poet and administrator in Ireland
1740-1795lawyer, diarist, and biographer
1495-1555theologian, administrator, and bishop of Winchester
1811-1863novelist
LifespanPersonDescription
1913-1976composer
1504-1553royal servant
1554-1586author and courtier
1660-1731writer and businessman
1540-1596pirate, sea captain, and explorer
1584-1654lawyer and historical and linguistic scholar
1592-1628royal favourite
1613-1662politician and author
1825-1895biologist and science educationist
1033-1109abbot of Bec and archbishop of Canterbury
1900-1979naval officer and viceroy of India
1573-1652architect and theatre designer
1605-1661nobleman and politician
1757-1827engraver, artist, and poet
1853-1902imperialist, colonial politician, and mining entrepeneur
1870-1950prime minister of South Africa, army officer, and writer on evolution
1562-1633archbishop of Canterbury
1500-1558cardinal and archbishop of Canterbury
1209-1272royal prince and king of Germany
1697-1764painter and engraver
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