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PHILOSOPHER

Richard Carrier

1969 - Today

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Richard Cevantis Carrier (born December 1, 1969) is an ancient historian. He is long-time contributor to skeptical websites, including The Secular Web and Freethought Blogs. Carrier has published a number of books and articles on philosophy and religion in classical antiquity, discussing the development of early Christianity from a skeptical viewpoint, and concerning religion and morality in the modern world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Carrier has received more than 519,798 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Carrier is the 1,166th most popular philosopher, the 15,764th most popular biography from United States and the 84th most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Richard Carrier ranks 1,166 out of 1,081. Before him are N. T. Wright, Colin McGinn, Michel Weber, William A. Dembski, Alberto Jori, and Taraneh Javanbakht.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Richard Carrier ranks 862. Before him are Luis Musrri, Jon Olsen, Yushi Ozaki, Megan Ward, John LeClair, and Michael Möllenbeck. After him are Benedict Iroha, Ryo Adachi, Ildikó Mincza-Nébald, Pierre Turgeon, Yuji Kakiuchi, and Takuma Koga.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Carrier ranks 15,764 out of 18,182. Before him are Tom Cole (1949), Terrence Trammell (1978), Imran Khan (1983), Clifton Davis (1945), Tyrese Rice (1987), and Mike Leavitt (1951). After him are Earl Ray Tomblin (1952), Ben Gibbard (1976), Mike Rowe (1962), Allison Munn (1974), David Oliver (1982), and Sarah Jane Morris (1977).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Richard Carrier ranks 84. Before him are Michael Novak (1933), Cornel West (1953), Peter Kreeft (1937), Christine Korsgaard (1952), Stephen Walt (1955), and William A. Dembski (1960).

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