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Alphonse de Lamartine

1790 - 1869

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Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (French: [alfɔ̃s maʁi lwi dəpʁa də lamaʁtin]; 21 October 1790 – 28 February 1869) was a French author, poet, and statesman. Initially a moderate royalist Lamartine became one of the leading critics of the July Monarchy of Louis-Phillipe aligning more with the Republican Left and Social Catholicism. He was a leading figure in the 1848 French Revolution and was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic along with the continuation of the tricolore as the flag of France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alphonse de Lamartine has received more than 564,983 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia. Alphonse de Lamartine is the 368th most popular writer (up from 413th in 2019), the 433rd most popular biography from France (up from 486th in 2019) and the 64th most popular French Writer.

Alphonse de Lamartine was a French poet and politician. He was most famous for his work in the 1830s and 1840s.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alphonse de Lamartine ranks 368 out of 7,302. Before him are Ian Fleming, Mahmoud Darwish, Mario Puzo, Ahmad ibn Fadlan, Paul Auster, and Jo Nesbø. After him are Ennius, Octavio Paz, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Tulsidas, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and Grazia Deledda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, Alphonse de Lamartine ranks 4. Before him are Jean-François Champollion, Leopold I of Belgium, and August Ferdinand Möbius. After him are Sunjo of Joseon, John Tyler, George Everest, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Nicolas Chauvin, John Frederic Daniell, Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, and John Austin. Among people deceased in 1869, Alphonse de Lamartine ranks 3. Before him are Franklin Pierce, and Hector Berlioz. After him are Ghalib, Allan Kardec, Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Hijikata Toshizō, Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Thomas Graham, and Antoine-Henri Jomini.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alphonse de Lamartine ranks 433 out of 6,770. Before him are Eugène François Vidocq (1775), Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908), Alfred Binet (1857), Jean Dubuffet (1901), Odilon Redon (1840), and André Le Nôtre (1613). After him are Jean Monnet (1888), Henri Moissan (1852), Urbain Le Verrier (1811), Robert Campin (1375), Robert Delaunay (1885), and Isabella of France (1295).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Alphonse de Lamartine ranks 64. Before him are Guillaume de Machaut (1300), Henri Charrière (1906), Ève Curie (1904), André Malraux (1901), Théophile Gautier (1811), and Paul Éluard (1895). After him are Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Georges Bataille (1897), Jean Genet (1910), Gregory of Tours (538), Jacques Prévert (1900), and René Guénon (1886).

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