| Charles Edward Ranken | |
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| Full name | Charles Edward Ranken |
| Country |  England |
| Born | 5 January 1828 Brislington, England |
| Died | 12 April 1905 (aged 77) Malvern, England |
| Title | Master |
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.