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Joseph Murphy

1898 - 1981

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Joseph Denis Murphy (May 20, 1898 – December 16, 1981) was an Irish author and New Thought minister, ordained in Divine Science and Religious Science. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Murphy has received more than 29,555 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Murphy is the 1,004th most popular writer (down from 741st in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 27th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Irish Writer.

Joseph Murphy was an Irish-American Catholic priest and author who wrote a number of books on the subject of spirituality. He was most famous for his book The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, which sold over five million copies.

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  • 30k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joseph Murphy ranks 1,004 out of 7,302. Before him are Henry Fielding, Jean Webster, Nicolas Chamfort, Edith Wharton, Bertran de Born, and Mori Ōgai. After him are Ali Shariati, Jean Giraudoux, Vladimir Bartol, Machado de Assis, Herodian, and Juan Antonio Villacañas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Joseph Murphy ranks 51. Before him are Vicente Aleixandre, Héctor Scarone, Totò, Fritz Zwicky, Peggy Guggenheim, and Julius Schreck. After him are Felix Kersten, Hanns Eisler, Henry Hathaway, Giuseppe Saragat, Josef Terboven, and Carl Clauberg. Among people deceased in 1981, Joseph Murphy ranks 32. Before him are Karl Böhm, Miroslav Krleža, Georges Brassens, Max Delbrück, Abel Gance, and Will Durant. After him are Zarah Leander, Mehmet Shehu, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Omar Torrijos, David Wechsler, and Lobsang Rampa.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Joseph Murphy ranks 38 out of 549. Before him are Bertie Ahern (1951), Gabriel Byrne (1950), Brendan Gleeson (1955), Francis Beaufort (1774), John Field (1782), and Rory Gallagher (1948). After him are Ernest Walton (1903), Maureen O'Hara (1920), Bob Geldof (1951), Columba (521), Harald Gille (1103), and Ethel Voynich (1864).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Joseph Murphy ranks 10. Before him are George Bernard Shaw (1856), Samuel Beckett (1906), Bram Stoker (1847), W. B. Yeats (1865), Laurence Sterne (1713), and Iris Murdoch (1919). After him are Ethel Voynich (1864), Saint Gall (550), Thomas Moore (1779), Christy Brown (1932), Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), and John Banville (1945).

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