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Étienne Dolet

1509 - 1546

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Étienne Dolet (French: [etjɛn dɔlɛ]; 3 August 1509 – 3 August 1546) was a French scholar, translator and printer. He was a controversial figure throughout his lifetime, which was buffeted by the opposing forces of the Renaissance and the French Inquisition. His early attacks upon the Inquisition and the municipal authorities of Toulouse, together with his later publications in Lyon, caused the French Inquisition to monitor his activities closely. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne Dolet has received more than 91,437 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne Dolet is the 1,980th most popular writer (down from 1,849th in 2019), the 2,234th most popular biography from France (down from 2,075th in 2019) and the 279th most popular French Writer.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.92

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  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Étienne Dolet ranks 1,980 out of 7,302. Before him are Anastasius Sinaita, Fred Vargas, Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Atsushi Nakajima, Bharavi, and Christian Jacq. After him are Sébastien Japrisot, José Carlos Mariátegui, Elena Poniatowska, Sholem Schwarzbard, Cristóbal de Morales, and Ahad Ha'am.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1509, Étienne Dolet ranks 11. Before him are Jan Matsys, Fernão Mendes Pinto, John of Leiden, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Bernardino Telesio, and Luis de Morales. After him are Leone Leoni, Ippolito II d'Este, Melchor Cano, Isabel Moctezuma, Pasquale Cicogna, and Giovanni Morone. Among people deceased in 1546, Étienne Dolet ranks 10. Before him are Francisco de Orellana, Giulio Romano, Francisco de Vitoria, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Petru Rareș, and Marinus van Reymerswaele. After him are Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Isabella di Morra, and David Beaton.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne Dolet ranks 2,234 out of 6,770. Before him are Gustave Kahn (1859), Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757), Joseph Darnand (1897), Fred Vargas (1957), Christian Jacq (1947), and Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons (1635). After him are Sébastien Japrisot (1931), Elena Poniatowska (1932), Léon Brillouin (1889), Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay (1712), Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans (1648), and Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Étienne Dolet ranks 279. Before him are Pierre Klossowski (1905), Hincmar (806), Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (1597), Gustave Kahn (1859), Fred Vargas (1957), and Christian Jacq (1947). After him are Sébastien Japrisot (1931), Elena Poniatowska (1932), Jacques Amyot (1513), Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786), Eugène Marin Labiche (1815), and Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (1746).

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