RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mary Ward

1585 - 1645

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Mary Ward, IBVM CJ (23 January 1585 – 30 January 1645) was an English Catholic religious sister whose activities led to the founding of the Congregation of Jesus and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, better known as the Sisters of Loreto. There is now a network of around 200 Mary Ward schools worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Ward has received more than 28,773 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Ward is the 1,718th most popular religious figure (down from 1,562nd in 2019), the 1,950th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,890th in 2019) and the 54th most popular British Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 29k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mary Ward ranks 1,718 out of 3,187. Before her are Johannes Willebrands, Fouad Twal, Scipione Rebiba, Joachim Meisner, Abdurreshid Ibrahim, and Paul I of Constantinople. After her are Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar, Joseph Genesius, Colette of Corbie, Mang of Xia, and Sava Petrović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1585, Mary Ward ranks 13. Before her are Anna of Tyrol, Jacob Le Maire, Lucilio Vanini, Zacharias Janssen, John Rolfe, and Jacques Lemercier. After her are Massimo Stanzione, Hamnet Shakespeare, Johann Baptist Cysat, Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Pedro Teixeira, and Domenico II Contarini. Among people deceased in 1645, Mary Ward ranks 13. Before her are Nur Jahan, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Marie de Gournay, Feng Menglong, Anthony van Diemen, and Eudoxia Streshneva. After her are Gaspar de Borja y Velasco, Sultan Agung of Mataram, Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, William Lawes, and Emilia Lanier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Ward ranks 1,950 out of 8,785. Before her are F. H. Bradley (1846), Charles Kay Ogden (1889), John Cockerill (1790), John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859), Frederick Marryat (1792), and Alan Stacey (1933). After her are Harold Bride (1890), Stuart Lewis-Evans (1930), John Hughlings Jackson (1835), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), Melita Norwood (1912), and Mary Astell (1666).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Mary Ward ranks 54. Before her are Reginald Lee (1870), Julian of Norwich (1342), John Ball (1338), Barbara West (1911), John Smyth (1570), and Willibald (700). After her are Roger Deakins (1949), Joseph Butler (1692), Cuthbert (635), Charles Wesley (1707), Lullus (710), and George Cruikshank (1792).

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