RELIGIOUS FIGURE

William Cameron Townsend

1896 - 1982

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William Cameron Townsend (July 9, 1896 – April 23, 1982) was an American Christian missionary-linguist and the founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Summer Institute of Linguistics (now SIL International). Both organisations emphasized the translation of the Bible into minority languages, as well as the development of literacy and bilingual education programs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Cameron Townsend has received more than 117,921 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. William Cameron Townsend is the 2,980th most popular religious figure (down from 2,628th in 2019), the 11,034th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,290th in 2019) and the 90th most popular American Religious Figure.

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, William Cameron Townsend ranks 2,980 out of 3,187. Before him are Timothy M. Dolan, José Horacio Gómez, Francis George, Hugh of Lincoln, Pope Peter II of Alexandria, and Aloysius Ambrozic. After him are Sekhemre Shedwast, Orlando Quevedo, Simon Pimenta, William Morgan, Anders Wejryd, and David Miscavige.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, William Cameron Townsend ranks 265. Before him are Marion Zinderstein, Ralph Bagnold, Constance Binney, R. C. Sherriff, Elliott Nugent, and Ramón Eguiazábal. After him are Yip Harburg, Art Langley, Lilyan Tashman, Alan Mowbray, Reverend Gary Davis, and Norman Thomas Gilroy. Among people deceased in 1982, William Cameron Townsend ranks 290. Before him are Alexander Hurd, Lester Bangs, Rab Butler, Eric Brandon, Claudio Barrientos, and Chaudhry Muhammad Ali. After him are Katherine Rawls, Alois Schnabel, Hugh Marlowe, Big Joe Williams, Theo Fitzau, and Paul Lynde.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Cameron Townsend ranks 11,034 out of 20,380. Before him are Mary McLeod Bethune (1875), William Schallert (1922), Dick Button (1929), Chad Coleman (1974), Cornelia Fort (1919), and Debbie Gibson (1970). After him are Eddie Condon (1905), Todd Boehly (1973), Philip G. Epstein (1909), William H. Dana (1930), Bill Mulliken (1939), and Robert B. Anderson (1910).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, William Cameron Townsend ranks 90. Before him are Joseph F. Smith (1838), Alphonse Lacroix (1897), Blanche Barton (1961), Wilton Daniel Gregory (1947), Timothy M. Dolan (1950), and Francis George (1937). After him are David Miscavige (1960), Peter the Aleut (1800), Walter Rauschenbusch (1861), John McCloskey (1810), Ezra Taft Benson (1899), and John Cody (1907).

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