RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Charles Fox Parham

1873 - 1929

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Charles Fox Parham (June 4, 1873 – January 29, 1929) was an American preacher and evangelist. Together with William J. Seymour, Parham was one of the two central figures in the development and initial spread of early Pentecostalism, known as Holiness Pentecostalism. It was Parham who associated glossolalia with the baptism in the Holy Spirit, a theological connection crucial to the emergence of Pentecostalism as a distinct movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Fox Parham has received more than 404,749 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Charles Fox Parham is the 1,917th most popular religious figure (up from 1,937th in 2019), the 3,801st most popular biography from United States (up from 4,354th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Religious Figure.

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  • 400k

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  • 52.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Charles Fox Parham ranks 1,917 out of 3,187. Before him are Menocchio, Gamzat-bek, Juraj Haulik, Gilberto Agustoni, Carlos Osoro Sierra, and Julius Darmaatmadja. After him are Pierre Robert Olivétan, Marian Jaworski, François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, Jehoiada, Bénézet, and Stanisława Leszczyńska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Charles Fox Parham ranks 94. Before him are Ramón Castillo, Jaap Eden, Marija Jurić Zagorka, Gyula Peidl, Richard Wilhelm, and José Martínez Ruiz. After him are Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, Gustaf John Ramstedt, Michele Besso, Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde, Leo Baeck, and Ford Madox Ford. Among people deceased in 1929, Charles Fox Parham ranks 67. Before him are Princess Olga Paley, Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, António José de Almeida, Vasil Radoslavov, Tsuda Umeko, and Ernest Monis. After him are Gustave Schlumberger, Raoul Pictet, Lilli Lehmann, Segundo de Chomón, Nasreddine Dinet, and Frederick Abberline.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Fox Parham ranks 3,801 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas Newman (1955), Robert Foxworth (1941), Michael Richards (1949), Darlene Conley (1934), Aileen Riggin (1906), and Bruce Rauner (1957). After him are Ken Jenkins (1940), Norman Taurog (1899), Kylie Jenner (1997), Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977), Meg Foster (1948), and Frank Beard (1949).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Charles Fox Parham ranks 29. Before him are Raymond Franz (1922), Don Alden Adams (1925), Fulton J. Sheen (1895), Kateri Tekakwitha (1656), Bill W. (1895), and Elizabeth Bolden (1890). After him are Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), David Wilkerson (1931), David Koresh (1959), William J. Seymour (1870), Lucian Pulvermacher (1918), and Dwight L. Moody (1837).

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