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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, as well as an author and an amateur anthropologist and archaeologist. He was instrumental in bringing the Contemporary 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 167,886 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Gerald Gardner is the 2,594th most popular writer (down from 1,998th in 2019), the 1,916th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,582nd in 2019) and the 212th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Meaning of Witchcraft
1959
The meaning of witchcraft
Witchcraft
1959
Who's in charge here?
Caricatures and cartoons, Election, Pictorial American wit and humor
1962
Witchcraft today
Witchcraft
1954
80
Biography, Celebrities, Entertainers
2007

Page views of Gerald Gardners by language

Over the past year Gerald Gardner has had the most page views in the with 100,126 views, followed by Spanish (12,546), and Portuguese (10,924). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kurdish (Sorani) (608.24%), Breton (109.16%), and Egyptian Arabic (88.52%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gerald Gardner ranks 2,594 out of 7,302. Before him are Jim Thompson, Penelope Fitzgerald, Menasseh Ben Israel, Idris Bitlisi, Konstantin Batyushkov, and Boris Pilnyak. After him are Emma Orczy, Friedrich von Lütke, Édouard Glissant, Apion, Jónas Hallgrímsson, and Mariana Alcoforado.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Gerald Gardner ranks 86. Before him are Rómulo Gallegos, Josias Braun-Blanquet, George Sarton, Philipp Frank, Tanzan Ishibashi, and Axel Ljung. After him are Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, Jules Supervielle, James Alberione, Claude Auchinleck, Wilhelm Brückner, and Johannes Popitz. Among people deceased in 1964, Gerald Gardner ranks 74. Before him are Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, Julius Raab, Rauf Orbay, T. H. White, Khawaja Nazimuddin, and Firmin Lambot. After him are Franz Alexander, Jean Ray, Guillermo Subiabre, Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, Pietro Serantoni, and Ebbe Schwartz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gerald Gardner ranks 1,916 out of 8,785. Before him are William Jackson Hooker (1785), William Kent (1685), William Watson (1715), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), Penelope Fitzgerald (1916), and Willibald (700). After him are Mary Cartwright (1900), Arthur Tansley (1871), Prince William of Gloucester (1941), Mary Hopkin (1950), Julian Lennon (1963), and Colin Davis (1927).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Gerald Gardner ranks 212. Before him are Noël Coward (1899), David Lodge (1935), Ouida (1839), John Aubrey (1626), Arthur Young (1741), and Penelope Fitzgerald (1916). After him are George Whitefield (1714), Tobias Smollett (1721), John Wyndham (1903), Frederick Marryat (1792), Mary Astell (1666), and Tom Sharpe (1928).

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