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Ellen G. White

1827 - 1915

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Ellen Gould White (née Harmon; November 26, 1827 – July 16, 1915) was an American author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Along with other Adventist leaders such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White, she was instrumental within a small group of early Adventists who formed what became known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church. White is considered a leading figure in American vegetarian history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ellen G. White has received more than 2,499,406 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Ellen G. White is the 592nd most popular writer (down from 478th in 2019), the 603rd most popular biography from United States (down from 481st in 2019) and the 58th most popular American Writer.

Ellen G. White is most famous for her work in the Seventh-day Adventist Church as a prophetess and author. She is credited with publishing more than 100,000 pages of written material, including 20 books.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

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  • 65.67

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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Great controversy between Christ and Satan during the Christian dispensation
Seventh-Day Adventists, Doctrines, Doctrinal and controversial works
1888
The desire of ages
Biography, Doctrines, Seventh-Day Adventists
The birth, life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
1898
Steps to Christ
Salvation, Doctrines, Seventh-Day Adventists
1893
The Ministry of Healing
Medicine, Seventh-Day Adventists, Religious aspects
1905
The Great Controversy
Seventh-Day Adventists, Doctrinal and controversial works
1887
Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing
Sermon on the mount
1928

Page views of Ellen G. Whites by language

Over the past year Ellen G. White has had the most page views in the with 375,949 views, followed by Portuguese (158,282), and Spanish (148,313). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (174.46%), Ossetian (87.13%), and Belarusian (47.00%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ellen G. White ranks 592 out of 7,302. Before her are Su Shi, Wang Wei, Vasubandhu, Bruno Schulz, D. H. Lawrence, and Alain Robbe-Grillet. After her are Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Ismail Gaspirali, Theodore Dreiser, John Donne, Madame de La Fayette, and Hermann Broch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Ellen G. White ranks 5. Before her are Johanna Spyri, Arnold Böcklin, Josef Strauss, and Francisco Solano López. After her are Joseph Lister, Heonjong of Joseon, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Deodoro da Fonseca, Marcellin Berthelot, William Holman Hunt, and Charles De Coster. Among people deceased in 1915, Ellen G. White ranks 7. Before her are Alois Alzheimer, Alexander Scriabin, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Paul Ehrlich, Porfirio Díaz, and Henry Moseley. After her are Jean-Henri Fabre, Sergei Witte, Clara Immerwahr, Leo Frank, Wilhelm Windelband, and Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellen G. White ranks 603 out of 20,380. Before her are Jack Kilby (1923), Allen Ginsberg (1926), Georgia O'Keeffe (1887), Jim Jarmusch (1953), Art Garfunkel (1941), and Goldie Hawn (1945). After her are Ice-T (1958), Jada Pinkett Smith (1971), Theodore Dreiser (1871), Telly Savalas (1922), Napoleon Hill (1883), and Matthew Perry (1969).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ellen G. White ranks 58. Before her are Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804), T. S. Eliot (1888), Sidney Sheldon (1917), William S. Burroughs (1914), James Baldwin (1924), and Allen Ginsberg (1926). After her are Theodore Dreiser (1871), Napoleon Hill (1883), John Irving (1942), Louisa May Alcott (1832), Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), and Michael Crichton (1942).

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