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Mary Baker Eddy

1821 - 1910

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Mary Baker Eddy (nee Baker; July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was an American religious leader, Christian healer, and author, who in 1879 founded The Church of Christ, Scientist, the Mother Church of the Christian Science movement. She also founded The Christian Science Monitor in 1908, and three religious magazines: the Christian Science Sentinel, The Christian Science Journal, and The Herald of Christian Science. Eddy wrote numerous books and articles, most notably the 1875 book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, selected as one of the "75 Books By Women Whose Words Have Changed The World" by the Women's National Book Association. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Baker Eddy has received more than 1,584,004 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Mary Baker Eddy is the 2,332nd most popular writer (up from 2,344th in 2019), the 2,910th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,021st in 2019) and the 255th most popular American Writer.

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  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.02

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  • 4.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among writers, Mary Baker Eddy ranks 2,332 out of 7,302. Before her are Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Marie Under, Ahron Daum, Richard Aldington, Albert Cossery, and Kingsley Amis. After her are Elizabeth von Arnim, Niccolò de' Niccoli, Frederic W. H. Myers, Andrei Voznesensky, Tullia d'Aragona, and Terence McKenna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Mary Baker Eddy ranks 39. Before her are Félix Ziem, Cyprian Norwid, Franz Doppler, Gabriel García Moreno, Ford Madox Brown, and Albert, 4th duc de Broglie. After her are Ferdinand Gregorovius, Philipp Ludwig von Seidel, Vasile Alecsandri, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este, Arthur Saint-Léon, and Ion C. Brătianu. Among people deceased in 1910, Mary Baker Eddy ranks 47. Before her are Eliza Orzeszkowa, Osman Hamdi Bey, Reginald Doherty, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, Maria Konopnicka, and Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev. After her are Gustave Moynier, Wilhelm Raabe, Hugo Erdmann, Winslow Homer, Michele Rua, and Princess Marie of the Netherlands.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Baker Eddy ranks 2,910 out of 20,380. Before her are J. Walter Christie (1865), Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), Mark Dacascos (1964), Delbert Mann (1920), Woody Strode (1914), and Milton L. Humason (1891). After her are Carl Van Vechten (1880), Ellen Church (1904), King C. Gillette (1855), Dean Norris (1963), Karen Black (1939), and Terence McKenna (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mary Baker Eddy ranks 255. Before her are John W. Campbell (1910), Robert Ressler (1937), Harold Bloom (1930), William Steig (1907), Archibald Gracie IV (1858), and August Derleth (1909). After her are Terence McKenna (1946), Kathy Reichs (1948), William Peter Blatty (1928), Terry Bisson (1942), Frank McCourt (1930), and Neil Postman (1931).

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