PHILOSOPHER

John Hick

1922 - 2012

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John Harwood Hick (20 January 1922 – 9 February 2012) was a philosopher of religion and theologian born in England who taught in the United States for the larger part of his career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hick has received more than 319,097 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. John Hick is the 1,025th most popular philosopher (down from 915th in 2019), the 2,791st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,371st in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Hicks by language

Over the past year John Hick has had the most page views in the with 32,872 views, followed by Persian (4,847), and Japanese (3,109). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (80.00%), Serbo-Croatian (50.57%), and Finnish (35.07%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, John Hick ranks 1,025 out of 1,267. Before him are Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Daniel Bensaïd, Derek Parfit, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Hegesias of Magnesia, and Caspar Bartholin the Elder. After him are Robert Spaemann, Hermann Usener, Josiah Royce, August Böckh, Idomeneus of Lampsacus, and Jaime Balmes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, John Hick ranks 247. Before him are Sabino Barinaga, Micheline Ostermeyer, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, Nancy Mackay, Ruth Roman, and Joanne Dru. After him are Lennart Nilsson, Donald Keene, Otmar Suitner, Tomás Maldonado, Charles Gérard, and Daniel Boulanger. Among people deceased in 2012, John Hick ranks 217. Before him are Jack Taylor, Richard Lynch, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Peter Carsten, Sergio Toppi, and Francisco Xavier do Amaral. After him are Simin Daneshvar, Barry Commoner, Jim Marshall, Pierre Schoendoerffer, Humayun Ahmed, and Takeshi Urata.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hick ranks 2,791 out of 8,785. Before him are Laura Ashley (1925), Arthur Waley (1889), William Congreve (1670), James Paget (1814), Chris Waddle (1960), and Caroline Goodall (1959). After him are Maurice Dobb (1900), Alfred Deller (1912), Tyson Fury (1988), Edward Turner Bennett (1797), Howard Webb (1971), and George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, John Hick ranks 65. Before him are Martin Lings (1909), Samuel Clarke (1675), Anna Kingsford (1846), J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), Thomas Arnold (1795), and Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678). After him are R. M. Hare (1919), Damaris Cudworth Masham (1659), Michael Oakeshott (1901), Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788), Carole Pateman (1940), and Walter Burley (1275).

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