RELIGIOUS FIGURE

William Ellery Channing

1780 - 1842

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William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and, along with Andrews Norton (1786–1853), one of Unitarianism's leading theologians. Channing was known for his articulate and impassioned sermons and public speeches, and as a prominent thinker in the liberal theology of the day. His religion and thought were among the chief influences on the New England Transcendentalists although he never countenanced their views, which he saw as extreme. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Ellery Channing has received more than 271,117 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). William Ellery Channing is the 2,848th most popular religious figure (down from 2,512th in 2019), the 8,559th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,101st in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, William Ellery Channing ranks 2,848 out of 3,187Before him are Pope John I of Alexandria, Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Sumuel, Karel Kašpar, Sérgio da Rocha, and Paul Shan Kuo-hsi. After him are Sergio Obeso Rivera, Epenetus of Carthage, Silvano Piovanelli, Hallvard Vebjørnsson, José Tolentino de Mendonça, and Juan Guevara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1780, William Ellery Channing ranks 53Before him are Jørgen Jørgensen, Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro, Yakov Sannikov, John Forsyth, Michele Tenore, and Edward Hicks. After him are Johann Friedrich Adam, Robert Smirke, Richard Rush, William J. Duane, Thomas Chalmers, and Israel Pickens. Among people deceased in 1842, William Ellery Channing ranks 37Before him are Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Leona Vicario, Aleksey Koltsov, Henry Shrapnel, James Ivory, and Letitia Christian Tyler. After him are Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Archibald Menzies, Amos Eaton, William Hobson, James Barbour, and John Sell Cotman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Ellery Channing ranks 8,559 out of 20,380Before him are Shane McMahon (1970), Dudley Nichols (1895), Ron Cephas Jones (1957), Lisa Murkowski (1957), Jena Malone (1984), and Parker Posey (1968). After him are Frank Robinson (1935), Robert H. Dennard (1932), Paul Bostaph (1964), Marty Robbins (1925), Bob Kurland (1924), and Karin Slaughter (1971).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, William Ellery Channing ranks 68Before him are Bruce M. Metzger (1914), Adam Maida (1930), James Stafford (1932), Emma Smith (1804), Joseph Strickland (1958), and Tim Keller (1950). After him are Jim Elliot (1927), Roger Mahony (1936), Lillian Disney (1899), Justin Francis Rigali (1935), Sylvester Graham (1794), and Wovoka (1856).