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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Richard Simon

1638 - 1712

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Richard Simon CO (13 May 1638 – 11 April 1712), was a French priest, a member of the Oratorians, who was an influential biblical critic, orientalist and controversialist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Simon has received more than 14,208 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Simon is the 1,724th most popular religious figure (down from 1,618th in 2019), the 2,942nd most popular biography from France (up from 2,994th in 2019) and the 151st most popular French Religious Figure.

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  • 52.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Richard Simon ranks 1,724 out of 2,238. Before him are Cláudio Hummes, Sava Petrović, Stanisław Ryłko, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Laura Montoya, and Barbara West. After him are Michel Sabbah, Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Estanislao Esteban Karlic, Fadl ibn Abbas, John Francis Regis, and Theodore Edgar McCarrick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1638, Richard Simon ranks 18. Before him are Christoph Cellarius, Frederik Ruysch, Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, Carlo Fontana, Zeb-un-Nissa, and John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen. After him are Gerrit Berckheyde, Pierre Magnol, Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, and Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena. Among people deceased in 1712, Richard Simon ranks 17. Before him are Tokugawa Ienobu, Jan van der Heyden, Nehemiah Grew, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Juan Bautista Cabanilles, and Baltacı Mehmet Pasha. After him are Jan Luyken, Louisa Maria Stuart, Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

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In France

Among people born in France, Richard Simon ranks 2,942 out of 6,011. Before him are François de Créquy (1625), Denise Perrier (1935), Maurice Rouvier (1842), Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821), Thomas of Britain (1200), and Suzanne Curchod (1737). After him are Guiraut Riquier (1230), Geoffrey III, Count of Anjou (1040), Élisabeth de Bourbon (1614), Eugène-Henri Gravelotte (1876), Princess Louise of Savoy (1627), and Jean-François de La Harpe (1739).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Richard Simon ranks 151. Before him are Eugène de Mazenod (1782), Peter Bartholomew (1100), Lupus of Troyes (395), Eucherius of Lyon (380), Pierre Pigneau de Behaine (1741), and Raël (1946). After him are John Francis Regis (1597), Bertha of Kent (550), Peter Chanel (1803), Pierre Robert Olivétan (1505), Bernard de Montfaucon (1655), and Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855).

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