PHILOSOPHER

John Wycliffe

1324 - 1384

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John Wycliffe (; also spelled Wyclif, Wickliffe, and other variants; c. 1328 – 31 December 1384) was an English scholastic philosopher, Christian reformer, Catholic priest, and a theology professor at the University of Oxford. Wycliffe is traditionally believed to have advocated or made a vernacular translation of the Vulgate Bible into Middle English, though more recent scholarship has minimalized the extent of his advocacy or involvement for lack of direct contemporary evidence.: 7–8  He became an influential dissident within the Catholic priesthood during the 14th century and is often considered an important predecessor to Protestantism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Wycliffe has received more than 2,829,513 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). John Wycliffe is the 159th most popular philosopher (down from 153rd in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 216th in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Philosopher.

John Wycliffe is most famous for translating the Bible into English.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, John Wycliffe ranks 159 out of 1,267. Before him are Clement of Alexandria, Herbert Marcuse, Carl Schmitt, Friedrich Schleiermacher, John Rawls, and Ferdinand Tönnies. After him are Hippias, Chrysippus, Sextus Empiricus, Kabir, Han Fei, and Jean Buridan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1324, John Wycliffe ranks 1. After him are David II of Scotland, Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria, Louis, Count of Gravina, Joan, Duchess of Brittany, Manuel II of Trebizond, Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Giottino, Constantine IV of Armenia, Demetrios Kydones, and Adelaide of Hesse. Among people deceased in 1384, John Wycliffe ranks 1. After him are Louis I, Duke of Anjou, Louis II, Count of Flanders, Geert Groote, Beatrice Regina della Scala, Joan, Duchess of Brittany, Magnus I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Thomas Preljubović, and Francesco I Gattilusio.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Wycliffe ranks 199 out of 8,785. Before him are Pete Townshend (1945), Arnold J. Toynbee (1889), Mary Wollstonecraft (1759), Charles II of England (1630), William Golding (1911), and James Chadwick (1891). After him are Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843), Arthur C. Clarke (1917), Henry I of England (1068), Keith Richards (1943), Judi Dench (1934), and Joe Cocker (1944).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, John Wycliffe ranks 13. Before him are Jeremy Bentham (1748), Roger Bacon (1220), William of Ockham (1285), John Venn (1834), Joseph Priestley (1733), and Duns Scotus (1265). After him are Pelagius (360), William Godwin (1756), G. E. Moore (1873), Thomas Carlyle (1795), Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), and A. S. Neill (1883).

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