RELIGIOUS FIGURE

J. I. Packer

1926 - 2020

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James Innell Packer (22 July 1926 – 17 July 2020) was an English-born Canadian evangelical theologian, cleric and writer in the low-church Anglican and Calvinist traditions. Having been considered as one of the most influential evangelicals in North America, Packer is known for his 1973 best-selling book Knowing God, along with his work as the general editor of the English Standard Version Bible. He was one of the high-profile signers on the 1978 Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, a member on the advisory board of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and also was involved in the ecumenical book Evangelicals and Catholics Together in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. I. Packer has received more than 625,581 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. J. I. Packer is the 3,008th most popular religious figure (down from 2,607th in 2019), the 5,532nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,709th in 2019) and the 116th most popular British Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, J. I. Packer ranks 3,008 out of 3,187. Before him are Baselios Cleemis, John McCloskey, Ravi Zacharias, Yasser Al-Habib, Ezra Taft Benson, and T. B. Joshua. After him are Nathalie Becquart, John Cody, Seán Brady, Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, William Allen, and Gregorio Aglipay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, J. I. Packer ranks 512. Before him are Doris Belack, Margreth Weivers, Beverly Garland, R. L. Burnside, Franca Falcucci, and Paul Lynde. After him are Happy Rockefeller, H. R. F. Keating, Sonja Åkesson, Tulsi Giri, Joe Paterno, and Karl Gordon Henize. Among people deceased in 2020, J. I. Packer ranks 713. Before him are Ali Mirzaei, Alan Minter, Aurlus Mabélé, Kalevi Oikarainen, Mike Moore, and Balbir Singh Sr.. After him are Norman I. Platnick, Ephrem M'Bom, Tony Waiters, Kinuko Tanida, Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, and Alfredo Lim.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, J. I. Packer ranks 5,532 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Dummett (1991), Michael Rosen (1946), Bill McGarry (1927), David Harewood (1965), Henry Green (1905), and Daniel Sharman (1986). After him are Alan Mowbray (1896), Alexander Wood (1907), Anthony Taylor (1978), Jim Leighton (1958), Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), and Thomas Norton (1532).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, J. I. Packer ranks 116. Before him are Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800), Basil Hume (1923), John Ogilvie (1579), Ælfheah of Canterbury (954), Stigand (null), and William Morgan (1547). After him are William Allen (1532), Anna of East Anglia (null), William Dunbar (1460), Saint Piran (null), F. F. Bruce (1910), and Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800).

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