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Gerald Gardner

1884 - 1964

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Gerald Brosseau Gardner (13 June 1884 – 12 February 1964), also known by the craft name Scire, was an English Wiccan, author, and amateur anthropologist and archaeologist. He was instrumental in bringing the modern pagan religion of Wicca to public attention, writing some of its definitive religious texts and founding the tradition of Gardnerian Wicca. Born into an upper-middle-class family in Blundellsands, Lancashire, Gardner spent much of his childhood abroad in Madeira. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerald Gardner has received more than 178,303 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Gerald Gardner is the 2,004th most popular writer (down from 1,683rd in 2019), the 1,587th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,311th in 2019) and the 168th most popular British Writer.

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  • 180k

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  • 55.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gerald Gardner ranks 2,004 out of 5,755. Before him are Sabahattin Ali, Izabela Czartoryska, Michel Leiris, Walter Bagehot, Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, and Nelson Algren. After him are Pierre Lemaitre, Juhani Aho, Joseph Heller, Alciphron, Gaston III, Count of Foix, and Eustache Deschamps.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Gerald Gardner ranks 73. Before him are Anna Vyrubova, Joseph Boxhall, Georg Lindemann, Antoine Pevsner, Josias Braun-Blanquet, and Mikhail Borodin. After him are Jean Paulhan, George Sarton, Rómulo Gallegos, Corrado Gini, Ferdinand von Bredow, and Werner Krauss. Among people deceased in 1964, Gerald Gardner ranks 61. Before him are Veit Harlan, Hugo Koblet, Bechara El Khoury, Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, Jean Fautrier, and Flaminio Bertoni. After him are Adib Shishakli, Hermann Breith, Flannery O'Connor, Samuil Marshak, Franz Alexander, and Julius Raab.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gerald Gardner ranks 1,587 out of 7,765. Before him are Kate Moss (1974), Sam Worthington (1976), James Edward Smith (1759), Steve Hackett (1950), Walter Bagehot (1826), and Howard Staunton (1810). After him are Ian Kershaw (1943), Michael Anderson (1920), James Fox (1939), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455), Joan of the Tower (1321), and David Yates (1963).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Gerald Gardner ranks 168. Before him are Sister Nivedita (1867), Vita Sackville-West (1892), Karen Armstrong (1944), William Auld (1924), Eric Knight (1897), and Walter Bagehot (1826). After him are James Herriot (1916), Philip Sidney (1554), Richard Adams (1920), Taliesin (518), Frederick Marryat (1792), and Kingsley Amis (1922).

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