Augustine Birrell

Person · Open Library

Works

62

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Finding the missing heritability of complex diseases

   · 2009 · cited 6,987x

2. Quantum Fields in Curved Space

   · 1982 · cited 4,708x

3. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

   · 2016 · cited 4,417x

4. Human Resource Systems and Sustained Competitive Advantage: A Competency-Based Perspective

   · 1994 · cited 3,776x

5. Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

   · 2021 · cited 3,155x

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Quotes

• “That great dust-heap called ‘history’.”
• “A great library easily begets affection, which may deepen into love.”
• “It is pleasant to be admitted into the birth-chamber of a great idea destined to be translated into action.”
• “Great is bookishness and the charm of books.”
• “Personally, I am dead against the burning of books.”
• “Oh, those scoundrelly Charity Commissioners! […] By the side of these anthropoid apes, the genuine bookworm, the paper-eating insect, ravenous as he once was, has done comparatively little mischief.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Birrell

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Wavertree

Place of death

London

Occupation

literary critic

Political party

Liberal Party

Languages spoken

English language

Image

Augustine Birrell.jpg

Work location

London

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