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Matthew Hopkins

1620 - 1647

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Matthew Hopkins (c. 1620 – 12 August 1647) was an English witch-hunter whose career flourished during the English Civil War. He was mainly active in East Anglia and claimed to hold the office of Witchfinder General, although that title was never bestowed by Parliament.The son of a Puritan minister, Hopkins began his career as a witch-finder in March 1644 and lasted until his retirement in 1647. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthew Hopkins has received more than 1,339,412 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Matthew Hopkins is the 12,184th most popular politician (down from 10,355th in 2019), the 2,823rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,383rd in 2019) and the 426th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Matthew Hopkins ranks 12,184 out of 15,577. Before him are Spurius Lartius, Ants Piip, Makino Nobuaki, Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores, Claudia Marcella Minor, and Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics. After him are Nataša Kandić, Martin Mutschmann, Subhi Bey Barakat, Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, Urien, and Suha Arafat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1620, Matthew Hopkins ranks 21. Before him are François Bernier, Masaniello, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, John Evelyn, Isabella Leonarda, and William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker. After him is Robert Morison. Among people deceased in 1647, Matthew Hopkins ranks 14. Before him are Sebastiaen Vrancx, Zhu Yuyue, Masaniello, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Pietro Carrera, and Christen Sørensen Longomontanus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Matthew Hopkins ranks 2,823 out of 7,765. Before him are Stanley Baker (1928), Richard Bright (1789), Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964), Mark Sheppard (1964), Teresa Ann Savoy (1955), and Minette Walters (1949). After him are Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788), Lawrence Oates (1880), Raphael Holinshed (1529), George Turner (1841), Frederick Catherwood (1799), and Jerry Springer (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Matthew Hopkins ranks 426. Before him are Nevile Henderson (1882), Enoch Powell (1912), Tony Abbott (1957), Geoffrey Howe (1926), Rosamund Clifford (1150), and Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964). After him are Ceolwulf of Wessex (600), Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739), Frederick North, Lord North (1732), William Bradford (1590), Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374), and Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849).

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