Charles Ranken, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British chess player
Date of Birth: 05-Jan-1828
Place of Birth: Brislington, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 12-Apr-1905
Profession: chess player
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Charles Ranken
- Charles Edward Ranken (5 January 1828 – 12 April 1905) was a Church of England clergyman and a minor British chess master.
- He co-founded and was the first president of the Oxford University Chess Club.
- He was also the editor of the Chess Player's Chronicle and a writer for the British Chess Magazine.
- Ranken is best known today as the co-author of Chess Openings Ancient and Modern (1889), one of the first important opening treatises in the English language.
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