Rachel Held Evans

American Christian writer (1981–2019)
Person human Q7279267
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Rachel Held Evans was born on June 8, 1981, in Alabama[1]. She received her education from Rhea County High School and Bryan College. Rachel Held Evans was a member of the Episcopal Church[2]. She passed away on May 4, 2019, in Nashville[3].

Rachel Held Evans

Summary

Rachel Held Evans is a human[1]. Born in Alabama[2], she… she was born on June 8, 1981[3]. She died in Nashville[4]. She died on May 4, 2019[5]. She worked as a columnist[6], journalist[7], and religious writer[8]. She ranks in the top 0.68% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (702 views/month, #6,800 of 1,000,298).[9]

Key Facts

  • Rachel Held Evans's place of birth was Alabama[2].
  • Rachel Held Evans died in Nashville[4].
  • Rachel Held Evans was born on June 8, 1981[3].
  • Rachel Held Evans died on May 4, 2019[5].
  • Rachel Held Evans held citizenship in United States[10].
  • Rachel Held Evans worked as a columnist[6].
  • Rachel Held Evans's professions included journalist[7].
  • Rachel Held Evans worked as a religious writer[8].
  • Rachel Held Evans was educated at Bryan College[11].
  • Rachel Held Evans was educated at Rhea County High School[12].
  • Rachel Held Evans's religion is recorded as Episcopal Church[13].
  • Rachel Held Evans is recorded as female[14].
  • Rachel Held Evans's instance of is recorded as human[15].
  • Rachel Held Evans's Commons category is recorded as Rachel Held Evans[16].
  • The cause of death was cerebral edema[17].
  • Rachel Held Evans's family name is recorded as Evans[18].
  • Rachel Held Evans's given name is recorded as Rachel[19].
  • Rachel Held Evans's official website is recorded as https://rachelheldevans.com/[20].
  • Rachel Held Evans's manner of death is recorded as natural causes[21].
  • Rachel Held Evans's described by source is recorded as Rachel Held Evans, Voice of the Wandering Evangelical, Dies at 37[22].
  • Rachel Held Evans's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[23].
  • Rachel Held Evans's official blog URL is recorded as https://rachelheldevans.com/blog[24].
  • Rachel Held Evans's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[25].
  • Rachel Held Evans's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+162117'}[26].
  • Rachel Held Evans's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+165266'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1981-06-08[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2019-05-04[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 246abdb2-73e0-4e61-b7a3-9abea436b93f[32]

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Origins and Family

Rachel Held Evans's place of birth was Alabama[2]. She was born on June 8, 1981[3].

Education

Educated at Bryan College[11], a liberal arts college[33], in United States[34], founded in 1930[35], headquartered in Dayton[36] and Rhea County High School[12], a high school[37], in United States[38], founded in 1974[39].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include columnist[6], journalist[7], and religious writer[8].

Personal Life

Rachel Held Evans's religion is recorded as Episcopal Church[13].

Death and Burial

Rachel Held Evans died on May 4, 2019[5]. She died in Nashville[4]. The cause of death was cerebral edema[17].

Why It Matters

Rachel Held Evans ranks in the top 0.68% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (702 views/month, #6,800 of 1,000,298).[9] She has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40]

FAQs

Where was Rachel Held Evans born?

Rachel Held Evans was born in Alabama[2].

Where did Rachel Held Evans die?

Rachel Held Evans passed away in Nashville[4].

What did Rachel Held Evans do for work?

Rachel Held Evans worked as columnist[6], journalist[7], and religious writer[8].

Where did Rachel Held Evans go to school?

Rachel Held Evans was educated at Bryan College[11] and Rhea County High School[12].

References

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  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . jonathanmerritt.religionnews.com. jonathanmerritt.religionnews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  14. [3] . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [5] . slate.com. Retrieved . slate.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [9] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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