OCCULTIST
Gérard Encausse
1865 - 1916
Gérard Encausse
Gérard Anaclet Vincent Encausse (13 July 1865 – 25 October 1916), whose esoteric pseudonyms were Papus and Tau Vincent, was a French physician, hypnotist, and popularizer of occultism, who founded the modern Martinist Order. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gérard Encausse has received more than 152,106 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Gérard Encausse is the 15th most popular occultist (up from 18th in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from Spain (up from 373rd in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Occultist.
Gérard Encausse is most famous for being the first person to climb Mount Everest without oxygen.
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150k
Page Views (PV)
60.72
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
21
Languages Editions (L)
6.75
Effective Languages (L*)
1.65
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Among OCCULTISTS
Among occultists, Gérard Encausse ranks 15 out of 37. Before him are Anton LaVey, Allan Kardec, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Éliphas Lévi, Joachim of Fiore, and Edgar Cayce. After him are Guido von List, Edward Kelley, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Alice Bailey, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, and Louis Claude de Saint-Martin.
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Gérard Encausse
1865 - 1916
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 15
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HPI: 60.04
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HPI: 59.44
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Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels
1874 - 1954
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 20
Louis Claude de Saint-Martin
1743 - 1803
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 21
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1865, Gérard Encausse ranks 34. Before him are L'Inconnue de la Seine, Mikao Usui, Wilfrid Voynich, Valentin Serov, Rashid Rida, and Gabriel Narutowicz. After him are Frederick Cook, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Rüdiger von der Goltz, Charles G. Dawes, Ernst Troeltsch, and Duan Qirui. Among people deceased in 1916, Gérard Encausse ranks 35. Before him are Vilhelm Hammershøi, Gaston Maspero, Rubén Darío, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Percival Lowell, and Jean Webster. After him are Victoriano Huerta, Julius Fučík, Pierre Duhem, Vasily Surikov, Antonio Sant'Elia, and Joseph Gallieni.
Others Born in 1865
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L'Inconnue de la Seine
1865 - 1885
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 28
Mikao Usui
1865 - 1926
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 29
Wilfrid Voynich
1865 - 1930
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 30
Valentin Serov
1865 - 1911
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 31
Rashid Rida
1865 - 1935
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 32
Gabriel Narutowicz
1865 - 1922
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 33
Gérard Encausse
1865 - 1916
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 34
Frederick Cook
1865 - 1940
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 35
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
1865 - 1952
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 36
Rüdiger von der Goltz
1865 - 1946
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 37
Charles G. Dawes
1865 - 1951
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 38
Ernst Troeltsch
1865 - 1923
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 39
Duan Qirui
1865 - 1936
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 40
Others Deceased in 1916
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Vilhelm Hammershøi
1864 - 1916
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 29
Gaston Maspero
1846 - 1916
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 30
Rubén Darío
1867 - 1916
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 31
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz
1843 - 1916
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 32
Percival Lowell
1855 - 1916
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 33
Jean Webster
1876 - 1916
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 34
Gérard Encausse
1865 - 1916
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 35
Victoriano Huerta
1850 - 1916
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 36
Julius Fučík
1872 - 1916
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 37
Pierre Duhem
1861 - 1916
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 38
Vasily Surikov
1848 - 1916
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 39
Antonio Sant'Elia
1888 - 1916
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 40
Joseph Gallieni
1849 - 1916
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 41
In Spain
Among people born in Spain, Gérard Encausse ranks 330 out of 2,932. Before him are Diego de Landa (1524), Ruy López de Segura (1530), Ferdinand Columbus (1488), Abraham Cresques (1325), Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907), and Catherine of Navarre (1470). After him are César Manrique (1919), Peter of Alcantara (1499), Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi (844), Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca (1782), Manolete (1917), and Sancho I of Pamplona (865).
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Diego de Landa
1524 - 1579
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 324
Ruy López de Segura
1530 - 1580
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 325
Ferdinand Columbus
1488 - 1539
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 326
Abraham Cresques
1325 - 1387
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 327
Alfonso, Prince of Asturias
1907 - 1938
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 328
Catherine of Navarre
1470 - 1517
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 329
Gérard Encausse
1865 - 1916
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 330
César Manrique
1919 - 1992
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 331
Peter of Alcantara
1499 - 1562
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 332
Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi
844 - 912
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 333
Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca
1782 - 1824
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 334
Manolete
1917 - 1947
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 335
Sancho I of Pamplona
865 - 925
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 336
Among OCCULTISTS In Spain
Among occultists born in Spain, Gérard Encausse ranks 1.
