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Antoine Furetière

1619 - 1688

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Antoine Furetière (28 December 1619 – 14 May 1688) was a French scholar, writer, and lexicographer, known best for his satirical novel Scarron's City Romance. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine Furetière has received more than 37,824 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine Furetière is the 4,198th most popular writer (down from 3,623rd in 2019), the 4,010th most popular biography from France (down from 3,516th in 2019) and the 514th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Antoine Furetière ranks 4,198 out of 7,302. Before him are Simon Vestdijk, Ida B. Wells, Theodore Roszak, Alexander Galich, John Winthrop, and Don Miguel Ruiz. After him are Yan Lianke, Charlotte von Ahlefeld, Nicolas Bouvier, Juhan Smuul, Hélène Berr, and Isidore Isou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1619, Antoine Furetière ranks 24. Before him are Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Johann Rosenmüller, Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz, Marcantonio Giustinian, Henry Oldenburg, and Otto Marseus van Schrieck.  Among people deceased in 1688, Antoine Furetière ranks 16. Before him are Constantine Phaulkon, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, Philip de Koninck, Abraham Duquesne, and Marcantonio Giustinian. After him are Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow, Bohuslav Balbín, and Ralph Cudworth.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Furetière ranks 4,010 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Le Guen (1964), Jérôme Carcopino (1881), Emmanuel Drake del Castillo (1855), Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1725), Henri Harpignies (1819), and Hawise, Duchess of Brittany (1037). After him are Maurice Guigue (1912), Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (1810), Manuel Ferrara (1975), Hélène Berr (1921), Robert Buron (1910), and Jacqueline Auriol (1917).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Antoine Furetière ranks 514. Before him are Johann Fischart (1546), Dominique Fernandez (1929), Pierre Michon (1945), Paul Déroulède (1846), Jacqueline de Romilly (1913), and Jean-Louis de Rambures (1930). After him are Hélène Berr (1921), Catherine Millet (1948), Edmonde Charles-Roux (1920), Konrad Pellikan (1478), Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset (1709), and Marcel Arland (1899).

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