PHILOSOPHER

Martin Lings

1909 - 2005

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Martin Lings (24 January 1909 – 12 May 2005), also known as Abū Bakr Sirāj ad-Dīn, was an English writer, Islamic scholar, and philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Lings has received more than 492,028 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Martin Lings is the 969th most popular philosopher (up from 990th in 2019), the 2,458th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,823rd in 2019) and the 59th most popular British Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Martin Lings ranks 969 out of 1,267. Before him are Georges Florovsky, Anselm of Laon, Huang Zongxi, Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, Harald Høffding, and Fazlur Rahman Malik. After him are Pierre Nicole, Imran N. Hosein, Maitreyi, Egon Bondy, Samuel Clarke, and Yun Hyu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Martin Lings ranks 182. Before him are Ivo Lapenna, Josef Košťálek, Claude Cahen, Max Aub, Valentina Grizodubova, and Riccardo Freda. After him are Gabrielle Roy, Hans Erni, Sylvère Maes, Nikola Vaptsarov, Sattar Bahlulzade, and Gordon Bunshaft. Among people deceased in 2005, Martin Lings ranks 151. Before him are Sunil Dutt, Hermann Bondi, Don Adams, Marga López, Corrado Bafile, and Virginia Mayo. After him are Zurab Zhvania, Gary Bertini, Camillo Felgen, André Waterkeyn, Tetyana Yablonska, and Shirley Horn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Martin Lings ranks 2,458 out of 8,785. Before him are Egon Pearson (1895), Midge Ure (1953), Ernest Marsden (1889), Kiki Dee (1947), John Callen (1946), and Galyani Vadhana (1923). After him are Fatboy Slim (1963), Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Roy Harrod (1900), Peter Frampton (1950), George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799), and Benedict Biscop (628).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Martin Lings ranks 59. Before him are Michael Dummett (1925), Perry Anderson (1938), William Paley (1743), Bernard Williams (1929), John Scott Haldane (1860), and Richard Swinburne (1934). After him are Samuel Clarke (1675), Anna Kingsford (1846), J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), Thomas Arnold (1795), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678), and John Hick (1922).

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