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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Charles Wesley

1707 - 1788

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Charles Wesley (18 December 1707 – 29 March 1788) was an English Anglican cleric and a principal leader of the Methodist movement. Wesley was a prolific hymnwriter who wrote over 6,500 hymns during his lifetime. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Wesley has received more than 968,405 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Charles Wesley is the 1,741st most popular religious figure (down from 1,495th in 2019), the 2,118th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,039th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 970k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Charles Wesley ranks 1,741 out of 2,238. Before him are Fulton J. Sheen, Matrona Nikonova, Anno II, Bertha of Kent, Bernward of Hildesheim, and Luigi Sturzo. After him are Francis Hong Yong-ho, Peter Chanel, George Pell, Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Pami, and Michael Czerny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1707, Charles Wesley ranks 12. Before him are Frederick, Prince of Wales, Henry Fielding, Louis, Duke of Brittany, Louis-Michel van Loo, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, and Michel Corrette. After him are Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Johannes Burman, Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, Johann Amman, and Benjamin Robins. Among people deceased in 1788, Charles Wesley ranks 21. Before him are Toriyama Sekien, Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Giovanni Domenico Maraldi, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Pierre André de Suffren, and Infanta Mariana Victoria of Portugal. After him are Salomon Gessner, Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon, Francesco Zuccarelli, Benjamin Wilson, and John Whitehurst.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Wesley ranks 2,118 out of 7,765. Before him are Thomas Wright (1711), John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462), Barbara Steele (1937), William Blackstone (1723), Tommy Taylor (1932), and Walter Pater (1839). After him are Joseph Fiennes (1970), Ouida (1839), Tom Hollander (1967), Peter Frampton (1950), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), and Eadgifu of Wessex (null).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Charles Wesley ranks 55. Before him are Willibald (700), Cuthbert (635), Willehad (735), Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516), Saint Alban (300), and Barbara West (1911). After him are George Cruikshank (1792), Richard Williamson (1940), Agnes Baden-Powell (1858), Benedict Biscop (628), Malo (487), and Asser (900).

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