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John Foxe

1516 - 1587

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John Foxe (1516/1517 – 18 April 1587) was an English clergyman, theologian, and historian, notable for his martyrology Foxe's Book of Martyrs, telling of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but particularly the sufferings of English Protestants and proto-Protestants from the 14th century and in the reign of Mary I. The book was widely owned and read by English Puritans and helped to mould British opinion on the Catholic Church for several centuries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Foxe is the 276th most popular historian (down from 219th in 2019), the 2,622nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,092nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, John Foxe ranks 276 out of 561. Before him are A. H. M. Jones, Maxime Rodinson, Ahmad Kasravi, Yitzhak Arad, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro, and Karl Otfried Müller. After him are Gustav Hugo, Bernard Berenson, Gerhard Friedrich Müller, Halil İnalcık, Claude Cahen, and Zuo Qiuming.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1516, John Foxe ranks 13. Before him are William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Söyembikä of Kazan, André Thevet, Cristóvão da Gama, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and Realdo Colombo. After him are Emilie of Saxony, and Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox. Among people deceased in 1587, John Foxe ranks 11. Before him are Bianca Cappello, Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Felix of Cantalice, Ōmura Sumitada, Ōtomo Sōrin, and Hai Rui. After him are Juraj Drašković, Francisco Hernández de Toledo, Caspar Olevian, and Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Foxe ranks 2,623 out of 8,785. Before him are Frank Finlay (1926), John Henry Mackay (1864), Rupert Sheldrake (1942), Joe Jordan (1951), Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (1816), and John Mahoney (1940). After him are Patricia Quinn (1944), Janet McTeer (1961), Perry Anderson (1938), William Wilson (1844), Edward Arthur Milne (1896), and Robert Fortune (1812).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, John Foxe ranks 25. Before him are Robert Conquest (1917), Anthony Blunt (1907), H. J. R. Murray (1868), Tony Judt (1948), Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928), and A. H. M. Jones (1904). After him are Timothy Garton Ash (1955), George Buchanan (1506), Quentin Skinner (1940), Agnes Arber (1879), Gerald of Wales (1146), and Paul Kennedy (1945).

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