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Thomas Merton

1915 - 1968

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Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968) was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion. On May 26, 1949, he was ordained to the Catholic priesthood and given the name "Father Louis". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Merton has received more than 2,676,130 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Merton is the 1,808th most popular writer (down from 1,655th in 2019), the 2,027th most popular biography from France (down from 1,831st in 2019) and the 250th most popular French Writer.

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  • 56.08

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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Merton ranks 1,808 out of 5,755. Before him are Abbot Oliba, Brian Aldiss, Catherine of Bologna, Sebastian Haffner, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Cornell Woolrich. After him are Guido Adler, Ludwig Börne, Valery Bryusov, Ybyrai Altynsarin, Christopher Isherwood, and Antonio Skármeta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Thomas Merton ranks 72. Before him are Geraldine of Albania, Tadeusz Kantor, Branko Ćopić, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Alicia Rhett, and Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.. After him are J. C. R. Licklider, Prince George William of Hanover, Hanns Martin Schleyer, Shogo Kamo, Ross Macdonald, and C. W. Ceram. Among people deceased in 1968, Thomas Merton ranks 63. Before him are Nikolay Voronov, Jean Hyppolite, Cassandre, Konstantin Paustovsky, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, and Cornell Woolrich. After him are Mario Roatta, Wes Montgomery, Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, Ryszard Siwiec, Augustin Bea, and Hans Cramer.

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In France

Among people born in France, Thomas Merton ranks 2,027 out of 6,011. Before him are Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti (1695), Urbain Grandier (1590), Eugène Carrière (1849), Pierre Charron (1541), Abbo of Fleury (945), and Jacques Lemercier (1585). After him are Aldegonde (639), François Étienne de Kellermann (1770), Bernard Lyot (1897), Richard, Duke of Burgundy (858), Henri Labrouste (1801), and Geneviève Grad (1944).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Thomas Merton ranks 250. Before him are Jules Romains (1885), Sophie de Condorcet (1764), Pierre Plantard (1920), Pierre Reverdy (1889), Marcel Schwob (1867), and Christian Jacq (1947). After him are Théodore de Banville (1823), Joseph Joubert (1754), Prosper of Aquitaine (390), Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (1746), Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734), and Jacques Cazotte (1719).

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