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John Dee

1527 - 1608

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John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was an English mathematician, astronomer, teacher, astrologer, occultist, and alchemist. He was the court astronomer for, and advisor to, Elizabeth I, and spent much of his time on alchemy, divination, and Hermetic philosophy. As an antiquarian, he had one of the largest libraries in England at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Dee has received more than 2,787,757 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). John Dee is the 3rd most popular occultist (up from 4th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 78th in 2019) and the most popular British Occultist.

John Dee was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and advisor to Queen Elizabeth I. He is most famous for his work on the Enochian system of magic.

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Among OCCULTISTS

Among occultists, John Dee ranks 3 out of 41. Before him are Nostradamus, and Grigori Rasputin. After him are Baba Vanga, Helena Blavatsky, Aleister Crowley, Count of St. Germain, Alessandro Cagliostro, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Allan Kardec, Éliphas Lévi, and Joachim of Fiore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1527, John Dee ranks 2. Before him is Philip II of Spain. After him are Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Abraham Ortelius, Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, Barbara Blomberg, Qi Jiguang, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, Agnes of Hesse, Luis de León, and Pellegrino Tibaldi. Among people deceased in 1608, John Dee ranks 1. After him are Giambologna, Seonjo of Joseon, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg, Andrew Avellino, Marie Eleonore of Cleves, Ğazı II Giray, Sigismund Rákóczi, and Bernardo Buontalenti.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Dee ranks 73 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857), John Stuart Mill (1806), Alex Ferguson (1941), James Clerk Maxwell (1831), Edward Heath (1916), and Ridley Scott (1937). After him are George III of the United Kingdom (1738), David Bowie (1947), Charlotte Brontë (1816), Lewis Carroll (1832), Alfred the Great (849), and George VI (1895).

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Among OCCULTISTS In United Kingdom

Among occultists born in United Kingdom, John Dee ranks 1. After him are Aleister Crowley (1875), Edward Kelley (1555), Robert Fludd (1574), Michael Scot (1175), Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), Alice Bailey (1880), Algernon Blackwood (1869), Elias Ashmole (1617), Dion Fortune (1890), and Israel Regardie (1907).

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