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Chevalier de Saint-Georges

1745 - 1799

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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George(s) (25 December 1745 – 9 June 1799) was a French violinist, conductor, composer and soldier. Moreover he demonstrated excellence as a fencer, an athlete and an accomplished dancer. His historical significance lies partly in his distinctive background as a biracial free man of color. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chevalier de Saint-Georges has received more than 2,850,112 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Chevalier de Saint-Georges is the 299th most popular composer (up from 558th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Guadeloupe (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Guadeloupian Composer.

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  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Chevalier de Saint-Georges ranks 299 out of 1,451. Before him are Miklós Rózsa, Georg Böhm, Eugen d'Albert, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Eduard Hanslick, and Joseph Lanner. After him are Josef Mysliveček, Klaus Schulze, Reynaldo Hahn, Nikolai Myaskovsky, Henri Dutilleux, and Bernard Herrmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Chevalier de Saint-Georges ranks 11. Before him are Maria Luisa of Spain, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Levin August von Bennigsen, Carl Stamitz, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, and Fyodor Ushakov. After him are Johan Christian Fabricius, Mihrişah Sultan, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Andrianampoinimerina, Şahin Giray, and Valentin Haüy. Among people deceased in 1799, Chevalier de Saint-Georges ranks 16. Before him are Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Victoire of France, Heshen, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, Étienne-Louis Boullée, and Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf. After him are Jan Ingenhousz, Jean-Charles de Borda, Jean-François Marmontel, Johann Hedwig, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, and Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz.

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In Guadeloupe

Among people born in Guadeloupe, Chevalier de Saint-Georges ranks 3 out of 32. Before him are Saint-John Perse (1887), and Lilian Thuram (1972). After him are Maryse Condé (1937), Marius Trésor (1950), Jacques François Dugommier (1738), Jocelyn Angloma (1965), Firmine Richard (1947), Marie-José Pérec (1968), Thomas Lemar (1995), Teddy Riner (1989), and Christine Arron (1973).

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Among COMPOSERS In Guadeloupe

Among composers born in Guadeloupe, Chevalier de Saint-Georges ranks 1. 

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