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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

George Fox

1624 - 1691

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George Fox (July 1624 – 13 January 1691) was an English Dissenter, who was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. The son of a Leicestershire weaver, he lived in times of social upheaval and war. He rebelled against the religious and political authorities by proposing an unusual, uncompromising approach to the Christian faith. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Fox has received more than 922,765 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. George Fox is the 1,054th most popular religious figure (down from 854th in 2019), the 1,129th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 918th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Religious Figure.

George Fox was an English Christian minister who founded the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers. He is most famous for his role in the English Civil War and the foundation of Quakerism.

Memorability Metrics

  • 920k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, George Fox ranks 1,054 out of 2,238. Before him are Jozef Tomko, Jean-Marie Lustiger, Martin of Braga, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, and Mariano Rampolla. After him are Germain of Paris, Peter Faber, Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, Witch of Endor, Yves Congar, and Petar I Petrović-Njegoš.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1624, George Fox ranks 5. Before him are Koxinga, Angelus Silesius, Empress Meishō, and Guarino Guarini. After him are Maria Miloslavskaya, Thomas Sydenham, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Arnold Geulincx, François de la Chaise, Barent Fabritius, and Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours. Among people deceased in 1691, George Fox ranks 7. Before him are Suleiman II, Robert Boyle, Pope Alexander VIII, John George III, Elector of Saxony, Aelbert Cuyp, and Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha. After him are François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, Cornelis Tromp, Carlo Rainaldi, Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, and Richard Baxter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Fox ranks 1,129 out of 7,765. Before him are Joseph Bell (1837), John Fisher (1469), Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803), John Stewart Bell (1928), Rosamund Pike (1979), and Idris Elba (1972). After him are Antony Flew (1923), John William Godward (1861), Peter Green (1946), Robert Browning (1812), Ian Anderson (1947), and Joseph Needham (1900).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, George Fox ranks 28. Before him are Mary Ann Nichols (1845), Saint David (512), Stephen Harding (1059), Henry (1100), William Booth (1829), and John Fisher (1469). After him are Annie Chapman (1841), Elizabeth Blount (1500), Hudson Taylor (1832), Catherine Eddowes (1842), Keith O'Brien (1938), and Gildas (500).

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