PHILOSOPHER

Samuel Clarke

1675 - 1729

Photo of Samuel Clarke

Icon of person Samuel Clarke

Samuel Clarke (11 October 1675 – 17 May 1729) was an English philosopher and Anglican cleric. He is considered the major British figure in philosophy between John Locke and George Berkeley. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Clarke has received more than 139,064 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Clarke is the 974th most popular philosopher (down from 885th in 2019), the 2,493rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,219th in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Samuel Clarkes by language

Over the past year Samuel Clarke has had the most page views in the with 17,366 views, followed by Spanish (2,310), and Portuguese (1,564). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (74.34%), Greek (51.96%), and Icelandic (40.92%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Samuel Clarke ranks 974 out of 1,267. Before him are Fazlur Rahman Malik, Martin Lings, Pierre Nicole, Imran N. Hosein, Maitreyi, and Egon Bondy. After him are Yun Hyu, Ernest Nagel, Olof Celsius, Guillaume Faye, Wilfrid Sellars, and Persaeus.

Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1675, Samuel Clarke ranks 11. Before him are Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Vakhtang VI of Kartli, Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, William Jones, Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Guillaume Delisle. After him are Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and James Thornhill. Among people deceased in 1729, Samuel Clarke ranks 14. Before him are Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Johann David Heinichen, John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Louis Antoine de Noailles, Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach, and Torii Kiyonobu I. After him are Giacomo F. Maraldi, Attilio Ariosti, William Congreve, Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Richard Steele, and Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

Others Born in 1675

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1729

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Clarke ranks 2,493 out of 8,785. Before him are Mick Ronson (1946), Ralph H. Fowler (1889), Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583), William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1724), Jane Morris (1839), and Lindsay Duncan (1950). After him are Gareth Southgate (1970), Martin Peters (1943), André Waterkeyn (1917), Norman Wisdom (1915), Edward Coke (1552), and Ian Bannen (1928).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Samuel Clarke ranks 60. Before him are Perry Anderson (1938), William Paley (1743), Bernard Williams (1929), John Scott Haldane (1860), Richard Swinburne (1934), and Martin Lings (1909). After him are Anna Kingsford (1846), J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), Thomas Arnold (1795), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678), John Hick (1922), and R. M. Hare (1919).

British born Philosophers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous