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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 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 386,091 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. John Foxe is the 245th most popular historian (down from 195th in 2019), the 2,316th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,121st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, John Foxe ranks 245 out of 339. Before him are Karl Otfried Müller, Charles Rollin, Gustave Schlumberger, Jean Delumeau, Wilhelm von Bode, and Stéphane Courtois. After him are Tony Judt, Johannes Aventinus, Guo Pu, Egon Friedell, Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, and Max Jakob Friedländer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1516, John Foxe ranks 13. Before him are Cristóvão da Gama, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Realdo Colombo, Tabinshwehti, Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, and Söyembikä of Kazan.  Among people deceased in 1587, John Foxe ranks 10. Before him are Gotthard Kettler, Bianca Cappello, Felix of Cantalice, Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Hai Rui, and Francisco Hernández de Toledo. After him are Ōmura Sumitada and Juraj Drašković.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Foxe ranks 2,316 out of 7,765. Before him are Bob Klose (1945), Frank Finlay (1926), Jamie Vardy (1987), Charles Kingsley (1819), Maryam d'Abo (1960), and Branwell Brontë (1817). After him are David Mumford (1937), Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (877), James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811), Steve Jones (1955), Tony Judt (1948), and Paul Young (1956).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, John Foxe ranks 22. Before him are Robert Conquest (1917), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), Quentin Skinner (1940), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), William of Malmesbury (1080), and George Buchanan (1506). After him are Tony Judt (1948), Christopher Hill (1912), Edward Granville Browne (1862), Gerald of Wales (1146), John Keegan (1934), and Paul Kennedy (1945).

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