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Charles Grandison Finney

1792 - 1875

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Charles Grandison Finney (August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875) was an American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States. He has been called the "Father of Old Revivalism". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Grandison Finney has received more than 863,878 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Grandison Finney is the 3,783rd most popular writer (down from 3,046th in 2019), the 4,844th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,974th in 2019) and the 403rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Revivals of religion
Revivals, American Sermons, Evangelistic work
1910
Lectures on revivals of religion
Revivals, American Sermons, Evangelistic work
1838
Sermons On Gospel Themes
American Sermons, Sermons, American
1876
Sermons on important subjects
American Sermons, Accessible book, Sermons
1836
Lectures on systematic theology
Doctrinal Theology, Addresses, essays, lectures, Christian ethics
1846
An autobiography
Biography, Clergy, Evangelists
1903

Page views of Charles Grandison Finneys by language

Over the past year Charles Grandison Finney has had the most page views in the with 96,159 views, followed by Portuguese (13,634), and Spanish (12,806). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (98.92%), Arabic (62.65%), and Korean (29.91%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Charles Grandison Finney ranks 3,783 out of 7,302. Before him are Peter Andreas Heiberg, Charles Simon Favart, Gloria Vanderbilt, Alf Prøysen, Hovhannes Shiraz, and Amado Nervo. After him are Iain Banks, Lise Nørgaard, Johannes Bobrowski, Gordon R. Dickson, Viveca Sten, and Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, Charles Grandison Finney ranks 50. Before him are Johann Georg Hiedler, Martin Ohm, Maria Quitéria, Peter von Hess, Abraham Jacob van der Aa, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg. After him are Christian Albrecht Jensen, Pyotr Vyazemsky, James Francis Stephens, Lady Byron, Lucas Alamán, and Virginie Ancelot. Among people deceased in 1875, Charles Grandison Finney ranks 54. Before him are Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, Petrache Poenaru, Johann Karl Rodbertus, Robert von Mohl, Richard Christopher Carrington, and Carl Jakob Sundevall. After him are Mikhail Pogodin, Atanasio Aguirre, Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, Giovanni Luppis, Francisco Coll Guitart, and Wilhelm Bauer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Grandison Finney ranks 4,844 out of 20,380. Before him are Rafer Johnson (1935), Josephine Hull (1877), Edwin Austin Abbey (1852), Dennis Dugan (1946), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), and Louise Arner Boyd (1887). After him are Theodore Maiman (1927), John G. Trump (1907), Johnny Nash (1940), Levon Helm (1940), Justin Theroux (1971), and Sam Wanamaker (1919).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Charles Grandison Finney ranks 403. Before him are Og Mandino (1923), John Gray (1951), Hal Clement (1922), Marilyn French (1929), Brandon Sanderson (1975), and Gloria Vanderbilt (1924). After him are Francis Scott Key (1779), Henry Adams (1838), David Brin (1950), James Russell Lowell (1819), A. Merritt (1884), and Marianne Moore (1887).

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