RELIGIOUS FIGURE

David Beaton

1494 - 1546

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David Beaton (also Beton or Bethune; c. 1494 – 29 May 1546) was Archbishop of St Andrews and the last Scottish cardinal prior to the Reformation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Beaton has received more than 157,606 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). David Beaton is the 2,759th most popular religious figure (down from 2,561st in 2019), the 4,013th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,429th in 2019) and the 95th most popular British Religious Figure.

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  • 160k

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  • 46.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, David Beaton ranks 2,759 out of 3,187Before him are Savio Hon, Paul Egede, Bilal Philips, Joseph Coutts, Luis Aponte Martínez, and Arrigo Miglio. After him are José Lai, Daniel Sturla, Marcelo González Martín, Pope Celadion of Alexandria, Jonathan Sacks, and Paulos Faraj Rahho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1494, David Beaton ranks 27Before him are Domingo de Soto, Francesco Maurolico, Johannes Agricola, Pierre Attaingnant, Qiu Ying, and Alonso Álvarez de Pineda.  Among people deceased in 1546, David Beaton ranks 13Before him are Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Petru Rareș, Marinus van Reymerswaele, Étienne Dolet, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Isabella di Morra.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Beaton ranks 4,013 out of 8,785Before him are William Robertson (1721), Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841), David Cross (1949), Roy Bentley (1924), Ivor Allchurch (1929), and Robert Whitehead (1823). After him are Aaron Ramsey (1990), Michael Ruse (1940), Rick Allen (1963), Alfred Maudslay (1850), Charles Wilkins (1749), and Grantley Goulding (1874).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, David Beaton ranks 95Before him are Patrick Abercrombie (1879), Richard of Chichester (1197), Matthew Parker (1504), Ninian (360), Henry Edward Manning (1808), and Vincent Nichols (1945). After him are Jonathan Sacks (1948), Cædmon (657), Roger of Wendover (1200), Dolly Pentreath (1692), Chad of Mercia (634), and George Abbot (1562).