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Lewis Namier

Lewis Bernstein Namier, Polish-English historian and academic (died 1960)

Born
June 27, 1888
Died
August 19, 1960
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1888

About Lewis Namier

Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier was a British historian of Polish-Jewish background. His best-known works were The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (1929), England in the Age of the American Revolution (1930) and the History of Parliament series he edited later in his life with John Brooke. Namier is best known for his work on the Parliament of Great Britain, in particular English politics in the 1760s. Bonnet denied that such an offer had been made, which led Namier to accuse Bonnet of seeking to falsify the record. Namier used sources such as wills and tax records to reveal the interests of the MPs.

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The world when Lewis Namier was born

Lewis Namier was born in 1888. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGreat Blizzard of 1888 paralyzes US East Coast
  • Technology milestoneKodak box camera — "You press the button, we do the rest"
  • Defining fadKodak camera craze
  • World population~1.48B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population57.6M

1888 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Lewis Namier's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18882026
Population57.6M341 million

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