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Mother Shipton

1488 - 1561

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Ursula Southeil (c. 1488 – 1561; also variously spelt as Ursula Southill, Ursula Soothtell or Ursula Sontheil), popularly known as Mother Shipton, was an English soothsayer and prophetess according to English folklore. She has sometimes been described as a witch and is associated with folklore involving the origin of the Rollright Stones of Oxfordshire, reportedly a king and his men transformed to stone after failing her test. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mother Shipton has received more than 581,455 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mother Shipton is the 9,334th most popular politician, the 1,976th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 312th most popular British Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mother Shipton ranks 9,334 out of 15,577. Before her are Alfonso López Michelsen, Andregoto Galíndez, Auguste Vaillant, Fa of Xia, Michael II Apafi, and Sigmar Gabriel. After her are Vardanes I, Margaret of England, Nebetah, Ngawang Namgyal, René Moawad, and John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1488, Mother Shipton ranks 18. Before her are Otto Brunfels, Johannes Magnus, Jan Tarnowski, Heinrich Glarean, Gustav Trolle, and Alonso Berruguete.  Among people deceased in 1561, Mother Shipton ranks 16. Before her are Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Yamamoto Kansuke, Jan Tarnowski, Luis de Milán, and Alonso Berruguete. After her are Hans Tausen, Caspar Schwenckfeld, Simon Bening, and Jorge de Montemor.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mother Shipton ranks 1,976 out of 7,765. Before her are Louisa Adams (1775), Harold Laski (1893), Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516), Frederick Scott Archer (1813), Caratacus (15), and Ian Wilmut (1944). After her are Margaret of England (1240), Adam Sedgwick (1785), Anthony Asquith (1902), James Wolfe (1727), Leonard Woolf (1880), and Rachel Kempson (1910).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Mother Shipton ranks 312. Before her are John Hume (1937), Ken Tyrrell (1924), Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots (1404), Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), Louisa Adams (1775), and Caratacus (15). After her are Margaret of England (1240), William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773), Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924), Frederick Abberline (1843), and George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (1946).

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