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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 27,400 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Ward is the 1,575th most popular religious figure, the 1,895th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 48th most popular British Religious Figure.

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  • 27k

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  • 53.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mary Ward ranks 1,575 out of 2,238Before her are Shaykh Ahmad, Gan Ji, Franjo Šeper, Stephen Pongracz, Joseph Butler, and Sigfrid of Sweden. After her are Wiborada, Antonio Quarracino, Tlacaelel, Jehoiada, Yijing, and Lawrence Justinian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1585, Mary Ward ranks 14Before her are Zacharias Janssen, Lucilio Vanini, Jacob Le Maire, Jacques Lemercier, John Rolfe, and Hamnet Shakespeare. After her are Squanto, Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Pedro Teixeira, Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Johann Baptist Cysat, and Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. Among people deceased in 1645, Mary Ward ranks 13Before her are Nur Jahan, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Marie de Gournay, Anthony van Diemen, Feng Menglong, and Eudoxia Streshneva. After her are Gaspar de Borja y Velasco, Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, and William Lawes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Ward ranks 1,895 out of 7,765Before her are Patrick Geddes (1854), John Flaxman (1755), Jenson Button (1980), Joseph Butler (1692), Sigfrid of Sweden (1000), and Edward FitzGerald (1809). After her are Philip Kerr (1956), John Mills (1908), Ray Winstone (1957), Robert Palmer (1949), Robert Conquest (1917), and Cynric (450).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Mary Ward ranks 48Before her are Roger Deakins (1949), Dunstan (909), Julian of Norwich (1342), Stephen Langton (1150), Joseph Butler (1692), and Sigfrid of Sweden (1000). After her are Willibald (700), Cuthbert (635), Willehad (735), Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516), Saint Alban (300), and Barbara West (1911).