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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Dolly Pentreath

1692 - 1777

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Dorothy Pentreath (bap. 16 May 1692 – 26 December 1777) was a Cornish fishwife from Mousehole. She is one of the last known fluent speakers of the Cornish language. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dolly Pentreath has received more than 190,037 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Dolly Pentreath is the 2,542nd most popular religious figure (down from 2,105th in 2019), the 4,204th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,054th in 2019) and the 98th most popular British Religious Figure.

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  • 190k

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  • 43.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Dolly Pentreath ranks 2,542 out of 2,238Before her are Pope Primus of Alexandria, Adam Maida, Walter Breuning, Paulinus of York, Maturino Blanchet, and Sergio Obeso Rivera. After her are Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, Mario Delpini, José Manuel Imbamba, Palladius, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, and Emma Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1692, Dolly Pentreath ranks 13Before her are Frederick William, Duke of Courland, James Stirling, Joseph Butler, Alessandro Albani, Louisa Maria Stuart, and Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer.  Among people deceased in 1777, Dolly Pentreath ranks 21Before her are Alexander Sumarokov, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Dai Zhen, Mir Qasim, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, and Enrichetta d'Este. After her are John Bartram and Button Gwinnett.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dolly Pentreath ranks 4,204 out of 7,765Before her are Mick Abrahams (1943), Colin Groves (1942), Danny Blanchflower (1926), Walter Smith (1948), Godfrey Rampling (1909), and Howard Jones (1955). After her are Francis Lee (1944), Alfred Enoch (1988), Barbara Shelley (1932), Charles Mackay (1814), George Hillyard (1864), and Peter Hall (1930).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Dolly Pentreath ranks 98Before her are Paul Gallagher (1954), Patrick Abercrombie (1879), Ninian (360), Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130), Vincent Nichols (1945), and George Abbot (1562). After her are Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800), David Beaton (1494), Anna of East Anglia (null), Catherine Booth (1829), Basil Hume (1923), and J. I. Packer (1926).