POLITICIAN

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 576,283 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mother Shipton is the 12,653rd most popular politician (down from 9,307th in 2019), the 2,783rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,971st in 2019) and the 402nd most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mother Shiptons by language

Over the past year Mother Shipton has had the most page views in the with 63,155 views, followed by Spanish (12,344), and German (4,170). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbo-Croatian (44.12%), Egyptian Arabic (30.89%), and Romanian (27.02%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mother Shipton ranks 12,653 out of 19,576. Before her are David V of Georgia, Manuel García-Prieto, 1st Marquess of Alhucemas, Epeli Nailatikau, Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, José María Bocanegra, and Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster. After her are Jakup Krasniqi, Nicholas Liverpool, Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg, Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven, Manuel Montt, and Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1488, Mother Shipton ranks 19. Before her are Jan Tarnowski, Otto Brunfels, Heinrich Glarean, Alonso Berruguete, Gustav Trolle, and Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg. After her is Myles Coverdale. Among people deceased in 1561, Mother Shipton ranks 22. Before her are Yamamoto Kansuke, Catherine of Mecklenburg, Caspar Schwenckfeld, Saitō Yoshitatsu, Jorge de Montemor, and Simon Bening.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mother Shipton ranks 2,783 out of 8,785. Before her are Lennie James (1965), Ray Davies (1944), William Turner (1510), Spencer Gore (1850), Edward Braddock (1695), and John Taylor (1933). After her are Mary Ure (1933), Laura Ashley (1925), Arthur Waley (1889), William Congreve (1670), James Paget (1814), and Chris Waddle (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Mother Shipton ranks 402. Before her are Anne of York (1475), William Camden (1551), Sigeberht of Wessex (750), Ceol of Wessex (600), Henry of Scotland (1115), and James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811). After her are George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758), Edward Fortunatus (1565), Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth (1876), Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (877), Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough (1681), and Demetrios Petrokokkinos (1878).

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