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Karen Armstrong

1944 - Today

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Karen Armstrong (born 14 November 1944) is a British author and commentator of Irish Catholic descent known for her books on comparative religion. A former Roman Catholic religious sister, she went from a conservative to a more liberal and mystical Christian faith. She attended St Anne's College, Oxford, while in the convent and majored in English. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karen Armstrong has received more than 1,107,099 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Karen Armstrong is the 1,967th most popular writer (up from 2,217th in 2019), the 1,554th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,696th in 2019) and the 164th most popular British Writer.

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  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karen Armstrong ranks 1,967 out of 5,755. Before her are Ji Kang, Eiji Tsuburaya, Ed McBain, Jean Bodel, Chuck Palahniuk, and Katia Mann. After her are Moschus, Musa Cälil, Daqiqi, Noor Inayat Khan, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, and Philippe Sollers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Karen Armstrong ranks 173. Before her are António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Kelly Bishop, Pierre Deligne, Marc Ouellet, Ayad Allawi, and Oqil Oqilov. After her are Francisco Sagasti, Marie-France Pisier, Christian de Portzamparc, Steve Fossett, Sergei Belov, and Adrian Smith.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Karen Armstrong ranks 1,554 out of 7,765. Before her are Sarah Miles (1941), James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1531), Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473), Glenda Jackson (1936), Peter Lawford (1923), and James McAvoy (1979). After her are Ronnie O'Sullivan (1975), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), Ally McCoist (1962), Bertram Ramsay (1883), George Shaw (1751), and Hertha Ayrton (1854).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Karen Armstrong ranks 164. Before her are Lucinda Riley (1965), Anthony Trollope (1815), George MacDonald (1824), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), Sister Nivedita (1867), and Vita Sackville-West (1892). After her are William Auld (1924), Eric Knight (1897), Walter Bagehot (1826), Gerald Gardner (1884), James Herriot (1916), and Philip Sidney (1554).

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