RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Cosmo Gordon Lang

1864 - 1945

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William Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, (31 October 1864 – 5 December 1945) was a Scottish Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of York (1908–1928) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1928–1942). His elevation to Archbishop of York, within 18 years of his ordination, was the most rapid in modern Church of England history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cosmo Gordon Lang has received more than 568,271 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Cosmo Gordon Lang is the 2,896th most popular religious figure, the 4,635th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 107th most popular British Religious Figure.

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  • 570k

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  • 44.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Cosmo Gordon Lang ranks 2,896 out of 3,187. Before him are Sylvester Graham, Wovoka, Robert Zollitsch, Chandramukhi Basu, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, and William H. Keeler. After him are Mary MacKillop, Nechtan nepos Uerb, Youssef Rzouga, Joseph Werth, Vissarion, and Johannes Weiss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Cosmo Gordon Lang ranks 165. Before him are Frances Benjamin Johnston, Jakob Emanuel Lange, George Hillyard, Tully Marshall, Alice Davenport, and Anna Golubkina. After him are Rukhmabai, Emine Semiye Önasya, Antonín Sova, W. H. R. Rivers, Frank Chapman, and Jakob Jakobsen. Among people deceased in 1945, Cosmo Gordon Lang ranks 339. Before him are Arthur Tell Schwab, Pietro Speciale, Mark Sandrich, Willis Augustus Lee, Arthur Symons, and Hiram Johnson. After him are Paul Koebe, Heinrich Schroth, Walter Weiler, Walter Frederick Gale, Takashi Yokoyama, and Søren Petersen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Cosmo Gordon Lang ranks 4,635 out of 8,785. Before him are Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761), Annie Kenney (1879), Jonathan Palmer (1956), Arthur Symons (1865), Nick Rhodes (1962), and Isaac Hempstead Wright (1999). After him are Charles Mackay (1814), Tony Cascarino (1962), Eleanor Bron (1938), David Hewlett (1968), David Arnold (1962), and Malcolm Bradbury (1932).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Cosmo Gordon Lang ranks 107. Before him are George Abbot (1562), Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130), Æthelwold of Winchester (900), John Morton (1420), Matthew Webb (1848), and Deusdedit of Canterbury (600). After him are Paul Gallagher (1954), Catherine Booth (1829), Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800), Basil Hume (1923), John Ogilvie (1579), and Ælfheah of Canterbury (954).

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