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Denis Pétau

1583 - 1652

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Denis Pétau (21 August 1583 – 11 December 1652), also known as Dionysius Petavius, was a French Jesuit theologian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Denis Pétau has received more than 45,331 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Denis Pétau is the 920th most popular philosopher (down from 840th in 2019), the 3,238th most popular biography from France (down from 2,862nd in 2019) and the 116th most popular French Philosopher.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Denis Pétau ranks 920 out of 1,267. Before him are Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Theodor Gomperz, David Lewis, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Jaimini, and Sengzhao. After him are Lars Gustafsson, Matthias Bel, Dirck Coornhert, František Tomášek, Simón Rodríguez, and Karl Groos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1583, Denis Pétau ranks 15. Before him are Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Hayashi Razan, Orlando Gibbons, Jan Porcellis, Iskandar Muda, and Eleanor of Prussia. After him are Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Susanna Hall, and Philip Massinger. Among people deceased in 1652, Denis Pétau ranks 11. Before him are John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, Pietro Della Valle, Inigo Jones, Jan Asselijn, Jan Dirksz Both, and Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours. After him are Johann von Werth, Chen Hongshou, Claes Jansz. Visscher, Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp, and Pieter de Grebber.

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In France

Among people born in France, Denis Pétau ranks 3,238 out of 6,770. Before him are René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou (1714), Flodoard (894), Jean-Christophe Grangé (1961), François de Créquy (1625), Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau (1770), and Pierre Attaingnant (1494). After him are Jean-Christophe Bouvet (1947), Richard Simon (1638), Érard de la Marck (1472), René de Froulay de Tessé (1648), Robert Enrico (1931), and Antoine Cuissard (1924).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Denis Pétau ranks 116. Before him are André Glucksmann (1937), Sarah Kofman (1934), Édouard Le Roy (1870), Beatus Rhenanus (1485), William of Conches (1080), and Jacques-André Naigeon (1738). After him are Antoine Berman (1942), Paul Janet (1823), Firmin Abauzit (1679), Michel Onfray (1959), Anselm of Laon (1050), and Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy (1618).

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