RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Abbé Faria

1756 - 1819

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Abbé Faria (Portuguese: Abade Faria) (born José Custódio de Faria; 31 May 1756 – 20 September 1819) was a Portuguese Catholic priest who was one of the pioneers of the scientific study of hypnotism, following on from the work of Franz Mesmer. Unlike Mesmer, who claimed that hypnosis was mediated by "animal magnetism", Faria understood that it worked purely by the power of suggestion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abbé Faria has received more than 394,464 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Abbé Faria is the 1,676th most popular religious figure (down from 1,652nd in 2019), the 326th most popular biography from India (up from 330th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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  • 390k

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  • 60.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abbé Faria ranks 1,676 out of 3,187. Before him are Aulus Licinius Archias, Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, Julian of Toledo, Paschal Baylón, Domitilla the Younger, and Marco Antonio de Dominis. After him are Marie of the Incarnation, Sigebert of Gembloux, Porphyry of Gaza, John Smyth, Paolo Magnani, and Stanisław Ryłko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1756, Abbé Faria ranks 21. Before him are Wojciech Żywny, Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, Duke Louis of Württemberg, Thomas Rowlandson, Federico Gravina, and James Gillray. After him are John Loudon McAdam, Paul Wranitzky, Christian Frederik Hansen, Heinrich von Bellegarde, Jean-Antoine Chaptal, and Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc. Among people deceased in 1819, Abbé Faria ranks 19. Before him are Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, Sophie Blanchard, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Bodawpaya, and Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco. After him are Alexander Tormasov, Johann Peter Beaulieu, Johan David Åkerblad, John Playfair, Valentin Vodnik, and Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau.

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In India

Among people born in India, Abbé Faria ranks 326 out of 1,861. Before him are Rambhadracharya (1950), Sikandar Lodi (1450), Puneeth Rajkumar (1975), Bhāskara I (600), Bahubali (null), and Girish Karnad (1938). After him are Viswanathan Anand (1969), Abanindranath Tagore (1871), Tatya Tope (1814), Rajnath Singh (1951), Birju Maharaj (1937), and Lakshmi Sahgal (1914).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Abbé Faria ranks 35. Before him are Zakir Naik (1965), Mahinda (-285), Swaminarayan (1781), Tilopa (928), Inayat Khan (1882), and Telesphore Toppo (1939). After him are Nirmala Srivastava (1923), Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), Guru Har Krishan (1656), Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863), Joseph Vaz (1651), and Ivan Dias (1936).

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