RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Joseph Butler

1692 - 1752

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Joseph Butler (18 May 1692 O.S. – 16 June 1752 O.S.) was an English Anglican bishop, theologian, apologist, and philosopher, born in Wantage in the English county of Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire). His principal works are the Fifteen Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel (1726) and The Analogy of Religion (1736). He is known for critiques of Deism, Thomas Hobbes's egoism, and John Locke's theory of personal identity. The many philosophers and religious thinkers Butler influenced included David Hume, Thomas Reid, Adam Smith, Henry Sidgwick, John Henry Newman, and C. D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Butler has received more than 200,282 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Joseph Butler is the 1,813th most popular religious figure (down from 1,560th in 2019), the 2,065th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,887th in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Religious Figure.

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  • 200k

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  • 53.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Joseph Butler ranks 1,813 out of 3,187. Before him are Lucian Mureșan, Lokaksema, Michael Czerny, Kateri Tekakwitha, Peter III of Alexandria, and Pietro Aldobrandini. After him are Angelo Comastri, Brynjólfur Sveinsson, Laurentius Petri, Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Magdalene of Nagasaki, and Christoph Bernhard von Galen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1692, Joseph Butler ranks 8. Before him are Elisabeth Farnese, Pieter van Musschenbroek, Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Adrienne Lecouvreur, and Frederick William, Duke of Courland. After him are Alessandro Albani, James Stirling, Louisa Maria Stuart, Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dolly Pentreath, and Filippo Randazzo. Among people deceased in 1752, Joseph Butler ranks 11. Before him are Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Giulio Alberoni, Antonio Corradini, Johann Christoph Pepusch, Jean François de Troy, and Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Pietro Grimani, Charles-Antoine Coypel, William Whiston, and Daniel Marot.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Butler ranks 2,065 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Gray (1716), Samuel Frederick Gray (1766), Arthur Sullivan (1842), Ronald Speirs (1920), Thomas Kyd (1558), and Samuel Smiles (1812). After him are Tom Courtenay (1937), Edward Balliol (1283), Glenn Murcutt (1936), Robert Holdstock (1948), Steve Winwood (1948), and Alexander Parkes (1813).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Joseph Butler ranks 56. Before him are John Ball (1338), Barbara West (1911), John Smyth (1570), Willibald (700), Mary Ward (1585), and Roger Deakins (1949). After him are Cuthbert (635), Charles Wesley (1707), Lullus (710), George Cruikshank (1792), Benedict Biscop (628), and Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516).

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