RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Cosmo Gordon Lang

1864 - 1945

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William Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, (31 October 1864 – 5 December 1945) was a Scottish Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of York (1908–1928) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1928–1942). His elevation to Archbishop of York, within 18 years of his ordination, was the most rapid in modern Church of England history. As Archbishop of Canterbury during the abdication crisis of 1936, he took a strong moral stance, his comments in a subsequent broadcast being widely condemned as uncharitable towards the departed king. The son of a Scots Presbyterian minister, Lang abandoned the prospect of a legal and political career to train for the Anglican priesthood. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cosmo Gordon Lang is the 2,968th most popular religious figure (down from 2,896th in 2019), the 4,926th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,636th in 2019) and the 112th most popular British Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Cosmo Gordon Lang ranks 2,968 out of 3,187. Before him are Robert Zollitsch, Paulinus of York, José María Caro Rodríguez, Walter Rauschenbusch, Nicholas II of Constantinople, and Bilal Philips. After him are Alvin Sargent, José Humberto Quintero Parra, Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano, Aimee Semple McPherson, Thirteen Assyrian Fathers, and Sajida al-Rishawi.

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Among people born in 1864, Cosmo Gordon Lang ranks 164. Before him are Emil Kellenberger, Alexandre Levy, Elinor Glyn, Emine Semiye Önasya, Frances Benjamin Johnston, and Thomas Walker Arnold. After him are Alice Davenport, Banjo Paterson, John Henry Davies, Alfred John Keene, Antonín Sova, and Oscar Baumann. Among people deceased in 1945, Cosmo Gordon Lang ranks 340. Before him are Takashi Yokoyama, Charles Williams, Alexander Patch, Gottlieb Haberlandt, Arthur Symons, and Jules Pappaert. After him are Thomas Lewis, Paul Koebe, Søren Petersen, Tom Taylor, Hiram Johnson, and Charles Sands.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Cosmo Gordon Lang ranks 4,927 out of 8,785. Before him are Ed O'Brien (1968), Kenneth McAlpine (1920), Archie Stark (1897), Norma Varden (1898), David Storey (1933), and Hugh Gaitskell (1906). After him are John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751), Charles Sheffield (1935), John Butler Yeats (1839), Richard Overy (1947), O. T. Fagbenle (1980), and Malcolm Muggeridge (1903).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Cosmo Gordon Lang ranks 112. Before him are David Beaton (1494), Catherine Booth (1829), Deusdedit of Canterbury (600), Basil Hume (1923), Matthew Webb (1848), and John Ogilvie (1579). After him are Æthelwold of Winchester (900), William Morgan (1547), J. I. Packer (1926), F. F. Bruce (1910), Stigand (null), and Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800).

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