PHILOSOPHER

James Dunn

1939 - 2020

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James Douglas Grant Dunn (21 October 1939 – 26 June 2020), also known as Jimmy Dunn, was a British New Testament scholar, who was for many years the Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in the Department of Theology at the University of Durham. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Dunn has received more than 22,841 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). James Dunn is the 1,238th most popular philosopher (down from 1,147th in 2019), the 5,430th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,057th in 2019) and the 95th most popular British Philosopher.

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  • 23k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, James Dunn ranks 1,238 out of 1,267. Before him are Norman Malcolm, Christine Korsgaard, Julia Annas, Will Kymlicka, Chinmayananda Saraswati, and Stephen Walt. After him are William Ames, David Benatar, Peter Kreeft, Richard Crashaw, Rosemary Radford Ruether, and Nel Noddings.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, James Dunn ranks 581. Before him are Karel Schoeman, Giuseppe Beghetto, Steny Hoyer, Viktor Shustikov, Rhodri Morgan, and Sergio Bianchetto. After him are David Hobbs, Neville Cenac, Manuel Rodríguez, Félix Salinas, Kinuko Tanida, and Seán Brady. Among people deceased in 2020, James Dunn ranks 701. Before him are Maxim Martsinkevich, Soumaïla Cissé, Herman Cain, Kamala, Alexander Gusev, and Mridula Sinha. After him are Ann Reinking, Aytaç Yalman, Bob Kulick, Gerardo Vera, Ravi Zacharias, and Ali Mirzaei.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Dunn ranks 5,430 out of 8,785. Before him are Bryan Forbes (1926), Andrew Davies (1936), Walter Smith (1948), George Lansbury (1859), Barry Atsma (1972), and Peter Reid (1956). After him are George Eastham (1936), Henry Vaughan (1621), Peter Chelsom (1956), Alexander Albon (1996), Andy Auld (1900), and Jimmy Ross (1866).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, James Dunn ranks 95. Before him are George Henry Lewes (1817), John Gray (1948), C. H. Dodd (1884), Mary Midgley (1919), Nick Land (1962), and Peter Geach (1916). After him are William Ames (1576), Richard Crashaw (1612), Colin McGinn (1950), Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924), Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954), and N. T. Wright (1948).

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