RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Avery Dulles

1918 - 2008

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Avery Robert Dulles ( DUL-iss; August 24, 1918 – December 12, 2008) was an American Jesuit priest, theologian, and cardinal of the Catholic Church. Dulles served on the faculty of Woodstock College from 1960 to 1974, of the Catholic University of America from 1974 to 1988, and as the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University from 1988 to 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Avery Dulles has received more than 313,891 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Avery Dulles is the 2,932nd most popular religious figure (down from 2,626th in 2019), the 9,899th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,235th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Religious Figure.

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  • 310k

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  • 43.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Avery Dulles ranks 2,932 out of 3,187. Before him are Joseph Serge Miot, Paulinus of York, Chibly Langlois, John Ribat, Antoine Kambanda, and Andreo Cseh. After him are Birinus, Hilarion Kapral, Sajida al-Rishawi, Jean-Marc Aveline, Basil Hume, and Maturino Blanchet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Avery Dulles ranks 286. Before him are Eero Kolehmainen, Ivo Radovniković, Shunpei Uto, Lohengrin Filipello, Dick Esser, and Duncan White. After him are Thelma Coyne Long, Diana Serra Cary, Pearl Bailey, Jeanne Bates, Said Mohamed Jaffar, and Elaine de Kooning. Among people deceased in 2008, Avery Dulles ranks 331. Before him are Pippa Bacca, Gordon B. Hinckley, Jeff Healey, Irmgard Praetz, Witold Woyda, and Carl Kaufmann. After him are Alton Ellis, Françoise Demulder, Viktor Kuzkin, Eddy Arnold, Sigitas Geda, and Sam Bottoms.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Avery Dulles ranks 9,899 out of 20,380. Before him are Bruce Schneier (1963), Jessica Jung (1989), Hope Sandoval (1966), Scott Turow (1949), Robert Morse (1931), and Patty Jenkins (1971). After him are Chuck McKinley (1941), Dianna Agron (1986), Mary Engle Pennington (1872), Red Amick (1929), Bernie Casey (1939), and Louise Lorraine (1904).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Avery Dulles ranks 79. Before him are Sylvester Graham (1794), Wovoka (1856), William H. Keeler (1931), Alvin Sargent (1927), Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840), and John Carroll (1735). After him are John T. Scopes (1900), Dan Osman (1963), Daniel DiNardo (1949), Gintaras Grušas (1961), Joseph F. Smith (1838), and Alphonse Lacroix (1897).

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