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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Basil Hume

1923 - 1999

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George Basil Haliburton Hume (2 March 1923 – 17 June 1999) was an English Catholic bishop. He was a monk and priest of the English Benedictine monastery of Ampleforth Abbey and its abbot for 13 years until his appointment as Archbishop of Westminster in 1976. His elevation to the cardinalate followed during the same year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Basil Hume has received more than 271,445 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Basil Hume is the 2,618th most popular religious figure (down from 2,074th in 2019), the 4,663rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,840th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular British Religious Figure.

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  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Basil Hume ranks 2,618 out of 2,238. Before him are Sajida al-Rishawi, James Gibbons, John McCloskey, Theodoros Kontidis, Bruno Forte, and Pope Markianos of Alexandria. After him are Vissarion, Youssef Absi, Saud Al-Shuraim, Carlos María de la Torre, Blanche Barton, and J. I. Packer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Basil Hume ranks 386. Before him are Larry Storch, Willie Steele, Percy Heath, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Horace Ashenfelter, and James Dickey. After him are Ted Stevens, George Mostow, Brian Naylor, Forbes Burnham, Mae Young, and Akkineni Nageswara Rao. Among people deceased in 1999, Basil Hume ranks 252. Before him are Lawrence Stone, János Parti, Roger Rio, Yuriy Istomin, Vanessa Brown, and Brian Moore. After him are Brian Shawe-Taylor, Yakov Rylsky, João Carlos de Oliveira, Elliot Richardson, Rick Rude, and Akhtar Hameed Khan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Basil Hume ranks 4,663 out of 7,765. Before him are Michael Hordern (1911), Henry Taylor (1932), Stuart Baird (1947), Neil Kinnock (1942), David C. Jewitt (1958), and Lindsay Hoyle (1957). After him are Richard Brake (1964), Fred Davis (1913), Sean Pertwee (1964), Trent Alexander-Arnold (1998), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845), and Gordon Pirie (1931).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Basil Hume ranks 103. Before him are George Abbot (1562), Dolly Pentreath (1692), Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800), David Beaton (1494), Anna of East Anglia (null), and Catherine Booth (1829). After him are J. I. Packer (1926), Alkmund of Derby (800), William Morgan (1547), John Ogilvie (1579), William Dunbar (1460), and Stigand (null).

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