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Augustin Barruel

1741 - 1820

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Augustin Barruel (October 2, 1741 – October 5, 1820) was a French journalist, intellectual, and Jesuit priest. He is now mostly known for setting forth the conspiracy theory involving the Bavarian Illuminati and the Jacobins in his book Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism (original title Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire du Jacobinisme) published in 1797. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augustin Barruel has received more than 129,454 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Augustin Barruel is the 1,883rd most popular writer (down from 1,709th in 2019), the 2,120th most popular biography from France (down from 1,880th in 2019) and the 264th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Augustin Barruel ranks 1,883 out of 5,755Before him are Ruan Ji, Ibn al-Farid, Jón Arason, John Tzetzes, John of Ruusbroec, and Clarissa Pinkola Estés. After him are Zinaida Gippius, Pierre Klossowski, Caterina Albert, George Adamski, Fernando de Rojas, and Baba Tahir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Augustin Barruel ranks 17Before him are Nicolas Chamfort, André Grétry, Andrea Luchesi, Benedict Arnold, Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Carl Linnaeus the Younger. After him are Arthur Young, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Ivan Gudovich, José Cadalso, and William Withering. Among people deceased in 1820, Augustin Barruel ranks 19Before him are Manuel Belgrano, Joseph Banks, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, Alexander Mackenzie, Jean-Lambert Tallien, and Clement Mary Hofbauer. After him are Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Nguyễn Du, Daniel Boone, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Arthur Young, and Anders Sparrman.

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In France

Among people born in France, Augustin Barruel ranks 2,120 out of 6,011Before him are Louis Couturat (1868), Madeleine Vionnet (1876), Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748), Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano (1628), Louis, Duke of Montpensier (1513), and Nicolas Anelka (1979). After him are Pierre Messmer (1916), Charles Cros (1842), Pierre Klossowski (1905), Petronilla of Aquitaine (1125), François Blondel (1618), and Julien Gracq (1910).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Augustin Barruel ranks 264Before him are Michel Zevaco (1860), Étienne Dolet (1509), Tristan Corbière (1845), Jean François Paul de Gondi (1613), Marquis de Custine (1790), and Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740). After him are Pierre Klossowski (1905), Julien Gracq (1910), Philippe Quinault (1635), Roger Peyrefitte (1907), Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1669), and Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786).