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Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange

1610 - 1688

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Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (French: [ʃaʁl dy fʁɛn sjœʁ dy kɑ̃ʒ]; December 18, 1610 in Amiens – October 23, 1688 in Paris, aged 77), also known simply as Charles Dufresne, was a distinguished French philologist and historian of the Middle Ages and Byzantium. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange has received more than 135,644 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange is the 183rd most popular historian (down from 134th in 2019), the 2,637th most popular biography from France (down from 2,191st in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Historian.

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  • 140k

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  • 54.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange ranks 183 out of 561. Before him are Joseph Klausner, Pei Songzhi, Steven Runciman, Martino Martini, Antony Beevor, and Simon Dubnow. After him are Ferdinand Gregorovius, Khvandamir, Otto von Gierke, Gustav Hugo, Roger Chartier, and Karl Lamprecht.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1610, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange ranks 15. Before him are Ivan Sirko, Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, Oboi, Li Yu, Jan Asselijn, and Maria Cunitz. After him are Karel Škréta, Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony, Abraham Duquesne, Jan Miense Molenaer, Huang Zongxi, and Albert Eckhout. Among people deceased in 1688, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange ranks 11. Before him are Claude Perrault, Joachim von Sandrart, Narai, Philippe Quinault, François Bernier, and Constantine Phaulkon. After him are Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, Philip de Koninck, Abraham Duquesne, Marcantonio Giustinian, Antoine Furetière, and Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange ranks 2,637 out of 6,770. Before him are Aénor de Châtellerault (1103), Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti (1734), Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697), Odo I, Count of Blois (950), Thomas Piketty (1971), and Georges Wilson (1921). After him are Adolphe Monticelli (1824), Dominique Colonna (1928), Pierre Souvestre (1874), François Joseph Westermann (1751), Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752), and André Cayatte (1909).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange ranks 25. Before him are Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme (1540), Augustin Thierry (1795), Pierre Nora (1931), Guibert of Nogent (1055), Edgar Quinet (1803), and Charles Diehl (1859). After him are Roger Chartier (1945), Adémar de Chabannes (989), Henri Maspero (1883), Georges Lefebvre (1874), Maxime Rodinson (1915), and Gustave Lanson (1857).

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