RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Paul Egede

1708 - 1789

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Paul or Poul Hansen Egede (9 September 1708 – 6 June 1789) was a Dano-Norwegian theologian, missionary, and scholar who was principally concerned with the Lutheran mission among the Kalaallit people in Greenland that had been established by his father, Hans, in 1721. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Egede has received more than 47,994 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Paul Egede is the 2,754th most popular religious figure (down from 2,335th in 2019), the 358th most popular biography from Norway (down from 276th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Religious Figure.

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  • 46.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Paul Egede ranks 2,754 out of 3,187. Before him are Nirmala Joshi, Eugênio Sales, Sekhemrekhutawy Khabaw, Jean Hardouin, Antipope Theodoric, and Savio Hon. After him are Bilal Philips, Joseph Coutts, Luis Aponte Martínez, Arrigo Miglio, David Beaton, and José Lai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1708, Paul Egede ranks 14. Before him are Antiochus Kantemir, Egidio Duni, Olof von Dalin, Johann Adolf Scheibe, Georg Dionysius Ehret, and Friedrich von Hagedorn. After him is Safdar Jang. Among people deceased in 1789, Paul Egede ranks 22. Before him are Jakob II Bernoulli, Jafar Khan, Anders Dahl, Sayed Morad Khan, Jack Broughton, and Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen. After him is Thomas Nelson Jr..

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Paul Egede ranks 358 out of 1,039. Before him are Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (1961), Jon Ola Sand (1961), Hans Beyer (1889), Jørn Lier Horst (1970), Sverre Stenersen (1926), and Nils Petter Molvær (1960). After him are Lene Nystrøm (1973), Charles Mathiesen (1911), Nils Eriksen (1911), Olaf Gulbransson (1873), Anders Haugen (1888), and Olaf Hoffsbakken (1908).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Norway

Among religious figures born in Norway, Paul Egede ranks 2. Before him are Hans Egede (1686). After him are Hallvard Vebjørnsson (1020), and Helene Olafsen (1990).

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