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John Foxe

1516 - 1587

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John Foxe (1516/1517 – 18 April 1587) was an English clergyman, theologian, and historian, notable for his martyrology Actes and Monuments (otherwise known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs), telling of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but particularly the sufferings of English Protestants and proto-Protestants from the 14th century and in the reign of Mary I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Foxe has received more than 410,136 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). John Foxe is the 219th most popular historian (up from 245th in 2019), the 2,091st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,310th in 2019) and the 20th most popular British Historian.

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  • 410k

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  • 53.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, John Foxe ranks 219 out of 561. Before him are Guo Pu, Heinrich Graetz, Antiochus of Syracuse, Vasily Klyuchevsky, Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, and Ivane Javakhishvili. After him are Sigfried Giedion, Ahmad Kasravi, Albert Soboul, Moritz Cantor, Ghazar Parpetsi, and Bernard Berenson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1516, John Foxe ranks 13. Before him are Hieronymus Wolf, André Thevet, Cristóvão da Gama, Realdo Colombo, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and Söyembikä of Kazan. After him are Emilie of Saxony, and Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox. Among people deceased in 1587, John Foxe ranks 11. Before him are Bianca Cappello, Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Felix of Cantalice, Ōtomo Sōrin, Ōmura Sumitada, and Hai Rui. After him are Francisco Hernández de Toledo, Caspar Olevian, Juraj Drašković, and Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Foxe ranks 2,091 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Fortune (1812), Anthony Dawson (1916), Alan Lancaster (1949), George Herbert (1593), John Webster (1578), and James Fox (1939). After him are Andrew Ridgeley (1963), Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (1499), Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912), John Baskerville (1706), Joseph Delaney (1945), and William Smith (1790).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, John Foxe ranks 20. Before him are Steven Runciman (1903), Antony Beevor (1946), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), William of Malmesbury (1080), Robert Conquest (1917), and Tony Judt (1948). After him are Gerald of Wales (1146), Timothy Garton Ash (1955), Quentin Skinner (1940), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), Christopher Hill (1912), and George Buchanan (1506).

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