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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 1,316,412 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Matthew Hopkins is the 13,983rd most popular politician (down from 12,142nd in 2019), the 3,300th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,816th in 2019) and the 452nd most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Matthew Hopkins by language

Over the past year Matthew Hopkins has had the most page views in the with 175,657 views, followed by Japanese (7,585), and Russian (5,491). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (63.16%), Simple English (38.85%), and Italian (35.82%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Matthew Hopkins ranks 13,983 out of 19,576. Before him are Henry Lee III, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Lucius Aelius Lamia, Carlyle Glean, Ali Mansur, and Mircea Geoană. After him are Hermano da Silva Ramos, Paolo Savi, Yukio Ozaki, Norbert Ratsirahonana, José de la Mar, and Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1620, Matthew Hopkins ranks 22. Before him are Masaniello, Abraham van Beijeren, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Marguerite Bourgeoys, William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker, and John Evelyn. After him is Robert Morison. Among people deceased in 1647, Matthew Hopkins ranks 15. Before him are Masaniello, Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Zhu Yuyue, Pietro Carrera, and Christen Sørensen Longomontanus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Matthew Hopkins ranks 3,300 out of 8,785. Before him are Ajahn Brahm (1951), Tony Kaye (1952), James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797), Roland Orzabal (1961), Gilbert Adair (1944), and Jack Sheppard (1702). After him are John Hutchinson (1884), Tommy Cooper (1921), David MacMillan (1968), Lita Ford (1958), Ronald Knox (1888), and James Ivory (1765).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Matthew Hopkins ranks 452. Before him are Charlie Whiting (1952), Nevile Henderson (1882), Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341), Jeremy Thorpe (1929), Martin McGuinness (1950), and Emil Voigt (1883). After him are Stephen Gardiner (1497), Catherine of York (1479), John Negroponte (1939), Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374), Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355), and William Bradford (1590).

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