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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. He was considered one of the most influential evangelicals in North America, known for his best-selling book Knowing God, written in 1973, as well as his work as an editor for the English Standard Version of the 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 574,442 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. J. I. Packer is the 2,624th most popular religious figure (down from 2,102nd in 2019), the 4,720th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,030th in 2019) and the 104th most popular British Religious Figure.

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  • 570k

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  • 41.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, J. I. Packer ranks 2,624 out of 2,238Before him are Basil Hume, Vissarion, Youssef Absi, Saud Al-Shuraim, Carlos María de la Torre, and Blanche Barton. After him are He Pingping, Charles Scicluna, Žydrūnas Savickas, Chris Gueffroy, Wahiduddin Khan, and Alkmund of Derby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, J. I. Packer ranks 421Before him are Milo O'Shea, Nikolai Tishchenko, Jimmy Heath, Diana Lynn, Gottfried Diener, and Jesús Loroño. After him are Larissa Volpert, Audrey Williamson, Raymond Gosling, Clive Donner, Bob Richards, and André Testut. Among people deceased in 2020, J. I. Packer ranks 596Before him are Bryan Sykes, Johnny Mandel, Ellis Marsalis Jr., Diana Serra Cary, Kumiko Okae, and Jimmy Heath. After him are Zindzi Mandela, Ahmad NikTalab, Rudi Hoffmann, Arturo Chaires, Hossein Sheikholeslam, and Kinuko Tanida.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, J. I. Packer ranks 4,720 out of 7,765Before him are Ronald Drever (1931), Lancelot Hogben (1895), John Pendry (1943), Allan McNish (1969), Spottiswoode Aitken (1868), and Hattie Jacques (1922). After him are Audrey Williamson (1926), Gem Archer (1966), Geoffrey Crossley (1921), Peter Glenville (1913), Raymond Gosling (1926), and Iain Pears (1955).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, J. I. Packer ranks 104Before him are Dolly Pentreath (1692), Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800), David Beaton (1494), Anna of East Anglia (null), Catherine Booth (1829), and Basil Hume (1923). After him are Alkmund of Derby (800), William Morgan (1547), John Ogilvie (1579), William Dunbar (1460), Stigand (null), and Saint Piran (null).