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Uncommon card · Science
John Wilkins, an Uncommon card
John Wilkins was an English Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher, and author, and was one of the founders of the Royal Society.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 141
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 141 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death.
- Wilkins is one of the few persons to have headed a college at both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.
- He was a polymath, although not one of the most important scientific innovators of the period.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Wilkins article was read about 17,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get John Wilkins
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Wilkins (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Attributed to John Greenhill, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
